Re: General socket question: Would server knows the connection hasbeenbroken if client drop the connection without calling close()

Lim Hock-Chai wrote:
> I've no control over the server job.  It is a third party software.  But
> the client basically trying to connect to a paging terminal.  

Well that makes a big difference.

> Clear the port:  If this is a CISCO router, the network group will logon
> to the router and clear the line/port (I'm not really sure what they
> do).  

Ok, it sounds like the server isn't handling the dropped connection
properly and/or the router is maintaining the connection so that the
server can't tell the connection has been dropped.

> The basic question I've is that how come the server doesn't know the
> drop the connection and start to accept new connection.

It should be able to detect the condition and handle it.  That's pretty
basic sockets programming, IMHO.

david