SetSockOption

Description

Sets any of the various options for the socket identified by the specified socket handle. Note that not all options are supported by every stack.

Remarks

The following is a list of options that are available for this methd, and their meanings.

Option	Type	Description
SSQ_SO_DEBUG	Boolean	Records debugging information
SSQ_SO_REUSEADDR	Boolean	Sets whether Winsock should reuse sockets
SSQ_SO_KEEPALIVE	Boolean	Set whether Winsock should send keep-alives
SSQ_SO_DONTROUTE	Boolean	Set whether Winsock should route or send directly to interface
SSQ_SO_BROADCAST	Boolean	Set whether to allow broadcast messages
SSQ_SO_USELOOPBACK	Boolean	Bypass hardware where possible
SSQ_SO_LINGER	Integer	Indicates if the socket should linger when closing and for how long
SSQ_SO_OOBINLINE	Boolean	Indicates whether to receive OOB data in the normal data stream
SSQ_TCP_NODELAY	Boolean	Specifies whether to disable the Nagle algorithm for send coalescing
SSQ_OPTIONAL_SO_SNDBUF	Integer	Specifies the total per-socket buffer space for sends
SSQ_OPTIONAL_SO_RCVBUF	Boolean	Specifies the total per-socket buffer space for receives
SSQ_OPTIONAL_SO_SNDLOWAT	Integer	Send low-water mark
SSQ_OPTIONAL_SO_RCVLOWAT	Integer	Receive low-water mark

Prototype

LONG CSockQ::SetSockOption(long SocketHandle, SQ_SOCK_OPTION SockOption, LONG NewOptValue)