Thanks Klaus, this worked for me too. 

Elod 

> Hi Elod, try 
> 
> ((Socket newUDP)
> 	setPeer: (NetNameResolver addressForName: 'localhost')
> 	port: 6000) inspect 
> 
> At the time of this writing I don't recall why (most likely because  
> alternatives didn't work) but, this worked for me in 3.7 and 3.8. 
> 
> HTH. 
> 
> /Klaus 
> 
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:22:59 +0100, you wrote: 
> 
>> Hi! I am trying to connect to a server from Squeak 3.8.1#6747. It is the  
>> Robocup Soccer Server that by default opens the UDP port 6000 for  
>> connections. So I run the server and execute the following script in  
>> Workspace: s:=Socket newUDP.
>> s disconnect.
>> s connectToHostNamed: 'localhost' port: 6000. I get an exception telling  
>> me: "ConnectionTimedOut: Cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:6000". The strange  
>> thing is, that if I run some sample clients for this server, they can  
>> all connect, so the port is surely opened (I checked it also with a port  
>> scanner). If I do not disconnect the port before connectiong, I get  
>> "InvalidSocketStatusException: Socket status must Unconnected before  
>> opening a new connection" exception. I checked my firewall settings, but  
>> neither adding UDP 6000 port to exceptions, nor disabling my firewall  
>> helped. I am running Fedora Core 5 x64 on an AMD Athlon 64  3200+ 
>> processor with 1GB RAM. Do you have any idea what can be the  problem? I 
>> tried SocketStream class also but I get the same exception.  Cheers, Elod 
>> 
>> 
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