From 73ab31d307ee19efc490d7b21599f66a2f461c47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brutzman <brutzman@nps.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:50:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] explanatory comment

---
 examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4Client.java | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4Client.java b/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4Client.java
index 9e4030fe4e..18e2283951 100644
--- a/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4Client.java
+++ b/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4Client.java
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ public class TcpExample4Client
                 // line after 10 sec.
                 long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-                // open a socket for each loop
-		Socket socket = new Socket(DESTINATION_HOST, 2317);
+                // Open a socket for each loop
+		Socket socket = new Socket(DESTINATION_HOST, 2317); 
+                // Note our local port on this client host is not specified - because 
+                // that doesn't matter.  It is an "ephemeral" port on localhost.
 
                 // Setup.  Read the single line written by the server.
                 // We'd do things a bit differently if many lines to be read
-- 
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