"ron.sigal(a)jboss.com" wrote : Well, like I say, the socket transport client maintains a pool of connections, and the bisocket transport is derived from the socket transport code. In any case, there is currently no mechanism to restrict local ports. | | Just out of curiosity, do you have a client side firewall filtering outgoing packets by source port, or a a server side firewall filtering incoming packets by source port? | | If you like, you could create a JIRA issue at http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBREM, giving as much information as possible about your use case. No client side firewall but the client machine will likely be in a DMZ type area and the network guys want to make the firewall rules back the to production environment as strict as possible. thanks, Ian View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4060104#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...