On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Harel Safra <harel.safra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That's because the "nothing listening on this port" is returned immediately > since the OS in the server is up and responsive. > OTOH, if the server were to be shut down you'd have to wait for the TCP > timeout. > > That has not been my experience. Server was up, OID was down, waits for TCP timeout ensued. My previous question still stands: Was the physical server up or down? Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com