use IO::Select; use IO::Socket; # step 1 $lsn = new IO::Socket::INET(Listen => 1, LocalPort => 8080); # do the step1 or three socket servers, of-course port has to be different. $sel = new IO::Select( $lsn ); # instead of passing only one socket server handle, pass all three handles. while(@ready = $sel->can_read) { foreach $fh (@ready) {