$port=80; $proto=getprotobyname('tcp'); socket(SOCKET,AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,$proto) or die "no socket"; setsockopt(SOCKET,SOL_SOCKET,SO_RCVTIMEO,pack("LL",1,0)); $iadr = inet_aton("127.0.0.1"); $padr=sockaddr_in($port,$iadr); if(connect(SOCKET,$padr)){ print "connection ok";} else{print "$!\n";}