#441 unconfigurable socket time-out

[Anonymous]

OriginalBugID: 3431 RFE
Version: 8.2
SubmitDate: '1999-11-05'
LastModified: '1999-12-03'
Severity: SER
Status: Closed
Submitter: techsupp
ChangedBy: hobbs
OS: Windows NT
OSVersion: 4.0
FixedDate: '2000-10-25'
ClosedDate: '1999-12-03'

Name:
John Ewing

DesiredBehavior:
When I call socket to try to connect to a server, if the server is not running
then it takes a while to time out (at least 30 seconds). My program needs to
connect to a lot of servers repeatedly. Is there any way I can get socket to
return at a configurable time interval if the server is not responding?

This is a system level timeout, so that DNS has enough time
to root out the IP of a named server.
-- 12/03/1999 hobbs