Limit opening TCP/IP connections

[lmtis]

Hi all,

I am writing an application to communicate with an instrument via TCP/IP.  Because of details regarding how the instruments program is written, it is best that I open and close the socket for each data exchange.  The instrument is using a single board computer running a Linux OS.  The problem that I am having is that I can only open and close the socket connection 3962 times.  On the next attempt I get the following message:

Error 60 occurred at TCP Open Connection in Untitled 1

Possible reason(s):

LabVIEW:  The specified network address is currently in use.

Any idea as to what might this message really means, and how I might avoid it?

Thanks for any assistance,

Jim

[PhillipBrooks]

I'm guessing it's a LINUX configuration issue. I did a couple of quick searches, and found this discussion.  It sounds most like your problem...

http://mail-archive.objectweb.org/director/2000-07/msg00018.html

Original Google search was "TCP LINUX 3960 connections"

[lmtis]

Phillip,

Thank you, I believe that you have hit the nail on the head.  I neglected to place Linux in my search parameters.  Now our developer believes my statement that the problem is in the box, not my code!

Jim

[PhillipBrooks]

You're welcome!