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Re: socket failure - please help

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From: Paul Griffiths
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:57

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"John McGrath [TeamB]" <ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:06:22 -0600, Steve Cannon wrote:
>
> > Can someone please tell me why this is failing the a ConnetException:
> > Connection refused. ?  It happens on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0
> > machines on my home intranet.
> >
> >     InetAddress localHostAddr = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
> >     Socket aSocket = new Socket( localHostAddr, 1001);
>
> I would presume that it is because you do not have anything listening
> on port 1001.  To confirm this, try the following from a command
> prompt:
>
>     telnet localhost 1001
>
> My guess is you will get the same error.

Also, many installations are quite fussy about connections to sockets
numbered below 1024.  Try changing the number.


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Paul Griffiths

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