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From: parrish@edn-vax.arpa (Jimmy Parrish)
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Subject: Re:  Releasing internet ports...
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Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 09:25:40 EDT
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What you want to do is use the setsockopt call with the parameter
SO_REUSEADDR as in setsockopt(s,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,0,0); .
This allows you to bypass the timeout condition you are experiencing.

Jimmy Parrish