public boolean connect() throws XmlRpcException {

		XmlRpcClientConfigImpl config = new XmlRpcClientConfigImpl();
		try {
			config.setServerURL(new URL("http://" + host + ":" + port));
		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
			throw new XmlRpcException(0, "Malformed URL");
		}

		server = new XmlRpcClient();
		server.setConfig(config);
		connected = true;

		return connected;

	}