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what does winsock1.listen do exactly?

Im trying to view data coming in and out of certain ports but it always says
"Address in Use" has anyone actually used this?.

Does anyone have a solution for me to do this?

Thanks any help

It doesn't mean "listen" as in eavesdropping or packet snipping, it means
listening as in windows binds that port/ip to that running program.  If you
want people to be able to establish a connection with your program, with
your program being the one receiving the connection, you have your program
"listen" on that port/ip (usually just one ip per machine, so the port is
the main thing that matters).

"Address in Use" means that windows CAN'T bind that port to that program,
because another program is already using it... often windows itself.  You
can get other errors for reserved ports, or ports that windows simply won't
open for security reasons (assuming there are any).

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Quote:> what does winsock1.listen do exactly?

> Im trying to view data coming in and out of certain ports but it always
says
> "Address in Use" has anyone actually used this?.

> Does anyone have a solution for me to do this?

> Thanks any help