Set the Socket Timeout value.

> But if the address doesn't exist

can you define 'doesn't exist' ?

dns name does not exist ? IP address is unreachable ?

post your code

I'm testing it on my local network IpClass A where
10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 is valid and. What i mean with doesn't exist is if i try to connect to for example 10.0.0.3.

I have the code on my PC athome and i'm at work for the moment...

Yep -- can't set the SO_TIMEOUT until the Socket construction returns. Since constructing a client Socket object implicitly connects, there is no way (JDK 1.3-wise) to specify timeout on the connect. Note that JDK 1.4 enables manipulation of socket options before establishing or accepting connections and permits specification of timeout when establishing a connection. JDK 1.4 is currently in Beta 2.
    http://java.sun.com/j2se/

David Reilly has published a couple articles on the topic of handling network timeouts with Java sockets. He proposes several solutions involving the use of Threads and socket options as heyhey as indicated. The JavaWorld article highlights encapsulating the multithreaded network code in a single class dubbed the 'TimedSocket'. This article (the second link) details the solution, demonstrates it use in a sample application, and includes a link at the bottom where you can download the source for use in your own project.
    http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/articles/network_timeouts/
    http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-09-1999/jw-09-timeout_p.html

Best regards,
Jim Cakalic

For FTP you can use sun.net.ftp.FtpClient it is part of the jdk, though not documented.
you can decompile and get it from rt.jar
http://www.ibiblio.org/javafaq/books/secrets/secretsexamples/16/
www.sourcebot.com/sourcebot/sun/net/ftp/ 

I'm testing it on my local network IpClass A where
10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 is valid and. What i mean with doesn't exist is if i try to connect to for example 10.0.0.3.

I have the code on my PC athome and i'm at work for the moment...

heyhey
Your idea sounds like a good one but how do you kill a thread from another thread. I tried to use the destroy method but i
got NoSuchMethodError(). And with stop nothing happend the timeout still elapsed.

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