Hunt down java.net.SocketException: No buffer space available

Question

Hi I have very ugly problem with: java.net.SocketException: No buffer space available (maximum connections reached?) It is client-server app. Client is Windows XP SP2 32

Answer 1

It certainly sounds like you are leaking Sockets somehow in your app.

• Check that your code always closes the Sockets it opens ... even in the event of some exception; i.e. do the close in a finally block.
• If your code uses URL connections, make sure that they get disconnected.
• I'm not an expert, but should your code close its InitialContext object?