Uses of UDP

Posted by AJ × 10:24

• Inward and Outward data collection/dissemination

– SNMP for network management

– RIP routing table updates

– NFS remote file server

• Request-Response

– Eg. DNS uses UDP for name translation

• Real time application

– Streaming multimedia and internet telephony

– Video conferencing

The following are the port numbers of some applications commonly used

• Both TCP and UDP use port (or socket) numbers to pass information to the upper

layers.

• Port numbers are used to keep track of different conversations that cross the

network at the same time.

• Application software developers have agreed to use the well-known port numbers

that are defined in RFC1700.

• The range of numbers are below 255 for TCP and UDP appilcations.

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