[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I've read about SO_REUSEADDR. As far as I understand, this is what >>SO_REUSEADDR is for: > > .... > >>I've tried setting this option, but could not see any notable changes... > > > I was having a similiar problem as you, where as soon as my program > exited, it would get started up again, but could not bind to the same > address. > So i added the follow straight after I create my server object: > server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) > > And it worked. Note that my program was running on Linux, so this might > be a windows issue. > ... and note also that your program was apprently a server, while the OP was reporting an error on a client program that presumably asks for an ephemeral port rather than a specifically-numbered one.
Since there are roughly 64,000 ports, the real question seems to be why his client runs out after about 4,000. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
