Do port addresses need to be unique? Why or why not? Why
are port addresses shorter than IP addresses?

Answer Posted / lalu prasad

port address is so important dat they r used in identifying the server in the mass networking. thwy r smaller den ip address coz their domain r smaller than ip address.post address r not in unique, if it is combine with ip address then it is unique.... if define a particular server in host.so, post address need 2 b unique...in nature.

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