@Override
	public
	void startSocket() {
		   try {	   		   
  		   		// get Socket
  		   		socket = new Socket(address, port);     
  		   		socket.setSoTimeout(300);
      } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
          System.err.println("Don't know about host: " + address);
      } catch (IOException e) {
          System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for "
                             + "the connection to: " + address);
      } 		  
	}