used and must be omitted unless it is a valid UDP multicast address.
.TP
.BI (net,netsplice)port \fR=\fPint
-The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to.
+The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to. If this is used with
+\fBnumjobs\fR to spawn multiple instances of the same job type, then
+this will be the starting port number since fio will use a range of ports.
.TP
.BI (net,netsplice)interface \fR=\fPstr
The IP address of the network interface used to send or receive UDP multicast