/// <summary>
/// This method helps overcome what appears to be a problem in .NET MF v4.2 where Socket.Connect()
/// may never return.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ep"></param>
private void CreateSocketAndConnect(IPEndPoint ep)
{
Exception exception = null;
int retries = 1;
while (retries > 0)
{
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
try
{
CreateSocket(ep.GetAddressFamily());
_logger.LogMessage("Socket", LogLevel.Verbose, "Attempting connection to " + ep.Address);
_socket.Connect(ep);
_logger.LogMessage("Socket", LogLevel.Information, "Successfully connected to " + ep.Address);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogMessage("Socket", LogLevel.Information, "Connection attempt failed for " + ep.Address + " Exception=" + ex);
exception = ex;
}
});
t.Start();
if (!t.Join(10000))
{
// If we timed out, we hit the bug. Try again.
retries--;
}
else
{
if (exception != null)
{
throw exception;
}
break;
}
}
}