21 Oct 15 23:10, I wrote to you:   
      
    ml> you cannot make the second line... the socket handle changes every time   
    ml> there's a new connection... the socket handle is not the same as the   
    ml> port... there's a new socket handle created for each connection no matter   
    ml> what port the connection is on... i don't have any active connections at   
    ml> the moment that i can show you what i'm talking about...   
      
   ahh... i finally got a couple of connections going so here's an example...   
      
   socket   type   foreign   local     foreign         state   
                    port      port       host   
   ======  ======  =======  ======  ===============  ===========   
      819  stream   56959       80     66.249.69.61  established   
      820  stream   34241       80     66.249.69.78  established   
      841  stream   50595       80     66.249.69.61  established   
      850  stream   43794       80     66.249.69.61  established   
      872  stream    2446       80   89.123.163.179  established   
      893  stream   43490       80   68.180.228.227  established   
      
   note the socket numbers (1st column) are all for my local port 80 (4th   
   column)... when my socket numbers reach the largest value, 65535 IIRC, they   
   will start over again...   
      
   one can generally see these values via a tool called netstat... it has   
   different parameters on different operating systems... the above was taken   
   from my main OS/2 system using "netstat -s"... i know that it is different on   
   winwhatever systems...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   ... Everything started life as someone's daydream.   
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