According to PerlDoc,
you can specify the following:
PeerAddr Remote host address <hostname>[:<port>]
PeerHost Synonym for PeerAddr
PeerPort Remote port or service <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
LocalAddr Local host bind address hostname[:port]
LocalHost Synonym for LocalAddr
LocalPort Local host bind port <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
Proto Protocol name (or number) "tcp" | "udp" | ...
Type Socket type SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
Listen Queue size for listen
ReuseAddr Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
Reuse Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding (deprecated, prefer ReuseAddr)
ReusePort Set SO_REUSEPORT before binding
-->Timeout Timeout value for various operations
MultiHomed Try all adresses for multi-homed hosts
Have you tried specifying the timeout?
*G*
Edited by footpad, ~Wed Mar 20 04:31:35 2002 (GMT)