Which ports does distributed Erlang use?

[Sean Hinde]

> Outch, ooohhh nasty.
> 
>   My netgear box has a load of "filter rules" one per open port.
> 
>   Opening a  port is no  mean feat and  involves a lot  of squiggeling
> around in a lot of incomprehensible menus. It also likes fixed ports.
> 
>   Has anybody hacked  the erlang distribution kernal to  use ONE fixed
> port.

You can reduce this to two ports with 

erl -name sean -kernel inet_dist_listen_min 4711 net_dist_listen_max 4711 

therefore only twice the hassle..

Sean



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