RE : [lwip-users] Receiving RSTs

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Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> I wonder from what Aparna says:
>
>   
> > >         When the Windows server is not up, the PC responds with a RST
> > >         for a received SYN. The connect() API returns an error, and the
> > >         client retries connect() after every few seconds.
> > >       
>
> whether he/she is not closing the socket before calling connect again?
>
> Maybe the netconn API needs to explicitly disallow connects if conn->err is
> set?
>
> Either way, if the socket isn't being closed, Aparna needs to fix his/her code.
>   
Normally, the socket API allows calling connect for a second time (when 
the first call fails and the socket is not already connected). LwIP 
might not allow this, in which case we can argue if there is 
documentation missing or an assert (or a code change)...

Simon