Socket Connection problem

[xpan]

Hi,

I have developed a client server application. Server also comunicates with a mysql server located on the same computer.

Server accepts standard tcp connections. Each connection goes to its own thread. Application runs ok, but (there is a "big" but here)

sometimes server for some unknown reason stops accepting connections or responding to already connected clients without throwing an exception.

Server GUI is responding, however (there are some buttons on the server application that work). But client hangs. It just hangs. Strange is also the fact that client does not shut down (i.e. pressing the
'x' button) until server is shut down. It might be a client's error, but I don't get an exception there, either.

I have been trying all day to see what's going on. I can post any code if asked. I need a hint. Whatever. Something to unblock me.

any help would be much appreciated.

[Turtle]

I don't mean to sound silly but I would look at the code point where the connections are being established. Specifically to see if there is a bottleneck there. Also check that you're not catching and silently discarding exceptions.

If you have any more info, happy to help.

Best of luck

[toadaly]

My guess is that you are running out of file descriptors because you are failing to call 'close' on your sockets when a client disconnects. What do the stack traces tell you?

[FON]

Maybe it's time to write stress test for your server.

Be sure you throw most specific Exceptions and print it.

From what i can read you could use:

public ServerSocket(int port,
                    int [B]backlog[/B])
             throws IOException

backlog - the maximum length of the queue (default is 50 connections)

Im' posting you 2 important links you shuold examine,
but in short:
"At the beginning connections should be handled by a different thread, allowing ServerSocket to check immidiately for the next one, and back to
the accept(). " Pay attention on the end of cycle - how you close connenction and are there any exception.

You cound use some traffice sniffer like 'Wireshark'
to check what is going on on TCP level, and catch some incomplete request/response.

Here are links for help:

java server's ability to accept a huge number of simultaneous connections

and

Java Programming - Make server stop accepting connections for some condition

good luck!

[FON]

I have used the exampmle project Sockets which is given in symbian SDK2.1 supporting VC++. It works as usual when use Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) as server name and port no 80. But does not work when give port no 5000. But on port 5000 their is service.When I use socket class of Java as socket=new Socket("www.freechess.org", 5000) it also work and return appropriate message. I want to use it in symbian (Using vc++) by using socket class.

Please, please, please help !!!.

I think it would be best for you to start new thread.
Looking forward to help you :)
Plese explain in your new Thread in details network problem -
what is inside and outside your network and what you want to call