perlquestion prashantktyagi My application create a db connection to sql server using dbi::proxy.<br/> On server runs a proxy service (written in perl with conjuction to dbiproxy.exe) which listen incoming connection and create a socket. <p><br/> my application is working fine on Redhat Linux( kernel 2.4) but when I run my app on SUSE 10 sp4 x86_64, this is the issue..</p> here is my apllication dbi script( client) which fails to connect and timeout.. <br/> <code> my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET( PeerAddr => $server, PeerPort => 9000, Proto => 'tcp', ); print " error : $!, $@ "; </code><br/> <b> Gives output ... </b><br/> <code> error: Illegal seek, error: Connection refused, IO::Socket::INET: Timeout error: Connection refused, IO::Socket::INET: Timeout error: Connection refused, IO::Socket::INET: Timeout error: Illegal seek, IO::Socket::INET: Timeout Illegal seek,error: Illegal seek, IO::Socket::INET: Timeout </code> I have doubt on IO::Socket::INET module bundled within my application. Is this a module bug or system issue? <br/> Please guide ..