>>>>> "t" == takaoueda <takaoueda / my-deja.com> writes: t> #serverIN.rb require 'socket' gs = TCPserver.open("localhost", 3456) while true ns = gs.accept puts ns.recvfrom(124)[0] ns.close end t> #clientIN.rb require "socket" s = TCPsocket.open("localhost", 3456) s.write("hello") s.close no ? You have a more complete example, in ruby-man-1.4, for the server. Guy Decoux