Yes the application is running and yes I do know the simplicity of
writing stdio applicatons invoked from inetd, but this applicaton
does not suit that environment! Not making a big 'meal', just
asking for some help!

Clive


--- In ts-7000@yahoogroups.com, Jim Jackson <jj@f...> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, amalgamatedsystems wrote:
>
> > This may be more of a Linux question, but my application is on
> > a TS-7200.
> >
> > I have a small TCP/IP server application that listens on port
502.
> >
> > However, any client connection is refused. Also this
> > server (service) does not appear in the 'netstat -a' listing.
>
> Then I'd say that you application is not listening on port 502!
Hence
> client connections will be refused.
>
> Is the application running? Have you checked with ps?
>
> > Can anyone help me on what I need to do to open this port?
>
> People make such a meal out of writing network servers for simple
stuff.
> Any program that reads and writes to/from stdin/stdout can be made
into a
> network server program by executing it from inetd.
>
> In very many situations you do not need to go to the bother of
writing and
> debugging networking code.
>
> Jim