I was some time ago set the task of creating a chat program, and for the most i have succeeded :). I know the socket code that i made works for most servers but a firewall prevents others from seeing it. We have found a host that will let us run the chat server and said there is no firewall but it dont seem to work. The server owner tells me that a cobalt raq4 server behaves slightly different from other servers and that the chat code may have to change. Now to the question, where can i find perl code for a chat server that opens up ports for tcp connection for a client to send to which runs on a cobalt server.

this is the current code i used but doesn't seem to quiet work

use POSIX qw(setsid);
use IO::Socket;
use Socket;
use IO::Select;

$verb = 50;  # verbosity for console messages

$main = new IO::Socket::INET (LocalHost => '-not showing the ip here, 
+sorry people',
                              LocalPort => 4448,
                              Listen    => 5,
                              Proto     => 'tcp', 
                              Reuse     => 1 ) || die $!;



$zero = chr(0);
$/ = $zero;
$\ = $zero;
$| = 1;

#&daemonize;

# Initialise IO::Select ---------------------------

$handles = new IO::Select->new($main);


print "Starting listening cycle\n" if ($verb > 1);


while(@send_pipe = $handles->can_read) {
.....
}

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In reply to ports and sockets on a cobalt server by idova

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