Hi
as far as I am aware, the amount of data received by  a socket is determined
by the network load.
There is no guarantee of packet size - 1500 is usually about the amount of
byes that are received.

I don't think you can control it, but you can 'peek' to see how much is
waiting

Pete


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"Jay Chandru" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Greetings.
>
> I have a socket program (in COBOL) running in HP3000 for any incoming
socket
> requests. I can find the socket being used by SOCKINFO.NET.SYS and typing
C.
>
> Now, can i find out the amount of buffer (data size) that the socket can
> take as input. In other words is there any way to control the data size
that
> the socket takes as input.
>
> I am encountering a strange issue wherein my socket program was accepting
> data size of 5500 earlier and now its not accepting data more than 1500.
Has
> anyone faced a similar issue.
>
> Any pointers to this would be highly helpful
>
> Thanks for your valuable time and response
> -Jay
>
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