In Regards to your letter <199604191422.QAA27004@vbormc.vbo.dec.com>: > For a simple client program, you would do a bind AND a connect if you want a > reserved port, and a connect if for a "plain" port. More specifically, you must "bind" to request a "specific" port number (including "reserved" ports). Without the bind, you are given an "available" port number. tim. time@ice.com (UUCP: heifetz!tbomb!time) USENET - a slow moving self parody... ph