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# go-reuseport-transport
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> Basic reuseport TCP transport
This package provides a basic transport for automatically (and intelligently) reusing TCP ports.
To use, construct a new `Transport` (the zero value is safe to use) and configure any listeners (`tr.Listen(...)`).
Then, when dialing (`tr.Dial(...)`), the transport will attempt to reuse the ports it's currently listening on, choosing the best one depending on the destination address.
NOTE: Currently, we don't make any attempts to prevent two reusport transports from interfering with each other (reusing each other's ports). However, we reserve the right to fix this in the future.
## Install
`go-reuseport-transport` is a standard Go module which can be installed with:
```sh
go get github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport-transport
```
Note that `go-reuseport-transport` is packaged with Gx, so it is recommended to use Gx to install and use it (see the Usage section).
## Usage
This module is packaged with [Gx](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx). In order to use it in your own project it is recommended that you:
```sh
go get -u github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
go get -u github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
cd <your-project-repository>
gx init
gx import github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport-transport
gx install --global
gx-go --rewrite
```
Please check [Gx](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx) and [Gx-go](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go) documentation for more information.
For more information about how `go-reuseport-transport` is used in the libp2p context, you can see the [go-libp2p-conn](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-conn) module.
## Contribute
Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an [issue](https://github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport-transport/issues)!
This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/libp2p/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
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## License
MIT
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