Configuring Communication Connections
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4.6.2 Specifying TCP Addresses

Address Parameters and Connection Types

With TCP, the communication partners are addressed by the local and remote
endpoints as follows:
SLocal addresses:
Local IP address and local port
SRemote addresses:
Remote IP address and remote port
TCP
connection
MAC
address A
Ethernet station BEthernet station A
IP address
B
remote
port
local
port
local
port
remote
port
Figure 4-18 Sending and Receiving on One TCP Connection
Depending on the required connection type, the remote address parameters are
either specified or left open during configuration.
SSpecified TCP connection
You specified a destination station when you created the connection.
SUnspecified TCP connection
You entered “unspecified” for the connection partner when you created the
connection.