This code tries to open a connection to port 5050 of a machine called st04a. The error message says it can't get a connection, so you might test that:

First try "ping st04a" on the command line. If st04a answers then that isn't the problem. Otherwise the name is wrong, your nameserver doesn't know st04a in your network or st04a is down

Now you should check whether there is a server behind port 5050. If "telnet st04a 5050" returns "Connection refused" then you have to restart whatever server process is listening on port 5050 of machine st04a.

In reply to Re: Could not create socket: Connection refused in perl by jethro
in thread Could not create socket: Connection refused in perl by h3x

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