X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/b1a8a61082caeb85192182c9ad77993ba62cc8c2..34952e03e27f4d9b0eb255752678c79b29575a18:/src/msw/gsocket.c

diff --git a/src/msw/gsocket.c b/src/msw/gsocket.c
index b4156f5afe..9eb8d69513 100644
--- a/src/msw/gsocket.c
+++ b/src/msw/gsocket.c
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ GSocketError GSocket_SetServer(GSocket *sck)
   ioctlsocket(sck->m_fd, FIONBIO, (u_long FAR *) &arg);
   _GSocket_Enable_Events(sck);
 
+  /* allow a socket to re-bind if the socket is in the TIME_WAIT
+     state after being previously closed.
+   */
+  setsockopt(sck->m_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (const char*)&arg, sizeof(u_long));
+
   /* Bind to the local address,
    * retrieve the actual address bound,
    * and listen up to 5 connections.