Hi Monks,

I am trying to write some simple server client scripts, I'm using some code I used about 8 years ago (and I'm sure it worked then). However I can't get the 2 to talk, where am I going wrong. The Listener appears to be working (no errors) although I can't see it under netstat. Where as teh connecting script comes back with 'Socket could not be created. Reason: Cannot assign requested address at ./test_connect.pl line 13.'. The 2 bits of code are below.

The Socket Listener:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use IO::Socket;

$sock = new IO::Socket::INET (LocalHost => '192.168.1.50',
                                LocalPort => '2000',
                                Proto => 'tcp',
                                Listen => 5,
                                Reuse => 1 );

die "Socket could not be created. Reason: $!" unless $sock;
print  "\n Test Socket Listener has connected to port $Port\n_________
+__________
_____________________________________________\n\n";

my $new_sock = $sock->accept();
 while(<$new_sock>) {
    print $_;
 }
close($sock);
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and the connecting socket:

#!/usr/bin/perl


use IO::Socket;


# Set up Socket connection
$sock = new IO::Socket::INET (
                                PeerAddr => '192.168.1.50',
                                PeerPort => '2000',
                                Proto => 'tcp' );

die "Socket could not be created. Reason: $!" unless $sock;
print  "\n Test Socket Listener has connected to port $Port\n_________
+__________
_____________________________________________\n\n";

print $sock "Hello";
 close($sock);
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Thanks

Monks