Socket closed, Port still active

Hi All,

In the application being developed, i have problem in disposing Socket Object.

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I have multiple TcpListeners (as thread) retriving messages parallelly. One Listener is created for each source (or sender). Program is working fine.

Each TcpListener object in stored in a collection. GUI is provided to Start/Stop each thread. Whenever thread is aborted, TcpListener is stopped by calling Stop method in stored object (TcpListener object). Socket is also closed by calling TcpListener_object.Server.Close().

Port is still active (i.e. not released). I have verified by using netstat (MS DOS Command).

Kindly suggest me how to close the socket under this scenario.

Thanks & Regards,
kalai

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Socket closed, Port still active

Mary555
Hello

I am having a problem with some VBA coding with the winsock control from microsoft access.

The problem is, i can connect to the server winsock control through port 10000, however when i issue the close() command it leaves the connection state in the fin_wait_2 state.

Another POS application then tries to connect to the server through the same port and cant.

I have to figure out how to close the connection properly. I thought the close() event should do this can someone please help me

Thankyou

Darrell
georgem
Hi Darrell,

After closing, i had disposed the object and created new when required. I am not sure about your scenario. You could try by disposing it.

Hope this will give some idea.

Best Regards,
kalai
cahit
Mike,

Thanks a lot.

I have managed to solve it.

With Regards,

kalai
jm.blairon
what state is the connection in when you look at it using netstat (TIME_WAIT or ). After a socket is closed it will enter TIME_WAIT state to ensure no stray packets get associated with another connection. For more details, see http://tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/articles/debugging-tcp.html
Socket closed, Port still active

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