Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" Subject: LAN strategy (Android) Message-ID: <50181D63.55749.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: All Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 b7bbf65c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 26 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:02:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1343757756 69.21.70.65 (Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:02:36 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:02:36 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:16781 From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax What's the best way to do this? I have to read from a LAN using UDP. I open a socket by doing a name lookup (the name of a PC I want to connect to) and port number as the app starts. In a thread I loop around reading the socket for messages and act on them. The problem is what do I do if I cannot access the LAN on startup and so miss getting the name/address? As far as I can see the app sits there doing nothing even if the LAN becomes available. Alternatively, do I put the name/address lookup in the thread loop, and if so, how? -- Dirk Full Spectrum Praxis : ZERO STATE : http://zerostate.net --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24