I'm not sure why you want to set the local port as well as the local IP address. Most services (although RSH is a notable exception) do not take any notice of the local port number, so you should be able to use whatever port is assigned by your OS when the socket is created.

In this case I suspect that your machine already has a server running on port 8080. If the port is already taken, the OS will not let you use it for an outgoing connection.

If you want to connect from a specified local IP to a server that is running on port 8080, set the Local IP with 

@LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = ( LocalAddr => '1.2.3.4' );

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Then set the destination port as part of the URL you are retrieving, e.g. http://hostname:8080/index.html

JJ

In reply to Re: LWP and LocalIP/LocalPort by jj808
in thread LWP and LocalIP/LocalPort by jk2addict

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