sock = new Socket(); sock.setSoTimeout(8000); sock.connect(new InetSocketAddress("205.253.147.122", 3223), 8000); try { Thread.sleep(1500); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } if (sock.isConnected() == false || sock.isClosed()) { System.out.println("Error connecting to host"); return false; } //sock = new Socket(ia, 3223); out = new PrintWriter(sock.getOutputStream(), true); in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(sock.getInputStream())); // get server hello message sinf_hello = in.readLine(); // get server info sinf_svrinfo = in.readLine(); System.out.println("Finished with Connect()"); return true;