Listen Port Unavailable

I have Gnotella v0.70 running on Win98
Every now and then I notice that it stops communicating.
I shut the application down, and restart it.
When restarting, I receive the error
Listen Port Unavailable
The current port is not available, please try a different port.

I then change port numbers and everything works OK.

Any ideas?

[This message has been edited by sjackson42 (edited 07-21-2000).]

This is likely because the previous instance of Gnotella still had the port in use. It should time out after a while, or simply restarting Windows will free the port.

-Yytrium-

You explained how to fix the port issue, but I didn't see anything on why the program stops communicating. I have the same problem.

Is this a bug that is already known about?

I found that when gnotella crashes the port stays open also. The workaround I have found is to reopen gnotella after a crash, see the "port open" message, then close it, then relaunch it.

At least this works for me. YMMV.

Buck Satan?! Are you are who I think you are?!! Hah!

-Yytrium-

it seems Gnotella is not completely closing, therefore the port is still in use.
I too experience the lockups (especially frustrating during a long download)

Even after closing Gnotella, killing the process and restarting it, it still hangs, a windows reboot repairs it...

Weird O_o

I hope it's just net congestion...