slow sock

I have cable internet and yet my winsock sontrol is <font color=red>EXTREAMLY </font color=red> slow when connecting.
What could be wrong?

Connecting to what? It could be that whatever you are connecting to on the other end has a slow internet connection. You're only as fast as the slowest connection.

Since you give us no information, the only logical conclusion I can draw is that it is your code which is making it appear slow.

<font color=blue>EXAMPLE</font color=blue>
so if i use it to connect to say google.com (which is realtively fast server) it will be faster than connecting to movies.com(slower server than most) the sock will move faster?

Yes, something like that. images/icons/smile.gif You know how you go to a site that's slow\busy and it takes a while to load the pages, etc.? Same sorta thing with WinSock.

k i want to use a for..next llop to search thru the first 100 ports of an IP
then show the port and its state in an listbox..
im have a load of troubles..
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this is used to see if it is either a webpage(port 80)
if FTP is enabled (port 20 or 21)
if telnet is active (port 25 i think)
and ETC
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can any ppl give an skeleton type code that I could use to acomplish this?

thanks buddy,
so its not my comp/control?
thats spells relief ( like R-O-L-A-I-D-S lol)

Try www.portscannersfornewbies.com

<font color=yellow>what about this?</font color=yellow>
for ii = 1 to 100
sock.port = ii
sock.connect me.txtIP , me.Sock.Port
(this is where I need to code to add port # and port state into a listbox)
next

that wasn't a valid URL

I get a buffer overload error wqhe this code is ran...
and the lStatus only adds "port # is unknown"
could it because the sckScan.State = sckConnecting?
[[then again I am scanning my own IP (is that the prob?)]]
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<font color=red> Here is the code:</font color=red>
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Private Sub cmdScan_Click()
Me.cmdScan.Enabled = False
For iI = 1 To 100
Port = iI
Me.sckScan.Connect Me.txtIP, Port
If Me.sckScan.State = sckConnected Then
Me.lStatus.AddItem "Port: " &amp; Port &amp; " is Connectable."
ElseIf Me.sckScan.State = sckClosed Then
Me.lStatus.AddItem "Port: " &amp; Port &amp; " is Closed."
ElseIf Me.sckScan.State = sckError Then
Me.lStatus.AddItem "Port: " &amp; Port &amp; " is Errored."
Else
Me.lStatus.AddItem "Port: " &amp; Port &amp; " is Unknown as of yet."
End If
Me.sckScan.Close
Next
Me.cmdScan.Enabled = True
End Sub

OK, lmb, making a port-scanner can be considered a hacking sort of thing, so I wouldn't expect too many people to help you too much here...