From: "christoph.heindl@..." Date: 2005-01-24T21:40:52+09:00 Subject: Re: TCPSocket.new blocks other threads thanks for your reply Ville. I'm just curious, but have you tried to use an ip address instead of "xxx.nonexisting.xxx". E.g 192.168.0.5 (if 192.168.0.5 is not reachable). I have only windows xp systems around, maybe it turns out to be a windows xp problem?