java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect

[Punya Pratap Singh]

static Socket clientSocket = null;

int port_number = 8888;
String host="localhost";

clientSocket = new Socket(host, port_number);


Please help ?

[Rob Spoor]

What service is listening to port 8888 on your local machine? My guess would be none at all, or your firewall is blocking access to it.

[Deepak Chopra]

A simple way to test it would be - telnet localhost 8888