diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/ChangeLog
index 8a9dbf1085a..fd2fae1225f 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-11 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Fix for bug 75627: Incorrect limit to port numbers.
+	* TCPSettingsBlock.java
+
 2004-11-08 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Added the "Automatically refresh registers" and "Automatically refresh shared libraries"
 	preferences and properties.
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/TCPSettingsBlock.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/TCPSettingsBlock.java
index 7b3f8299fd9..9b43118288c 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/TCPSettingsBlock.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/TCPSettingsBlock.java
@@ -188,13 +188,11 @@ public class TCPSettingsBlock extends Observable {
 
 	private boolean portNumberIsValid( String portNumber ) {
 		try {
-			int port = Short.parseShort( portNumber );
-			if ( port < 0 )
-				return false;
+			int port = Integer.parseInt( portNumber );
+			return ( port > 0 && port <= 0xFFFF );
 		}
 		catch( NumberFormatException e ) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		return true;
 	}
 }
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