hi iam use nc on FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT trouble in -t(timeout) option, absentia full break session (very need) examples: # time nc -w 1 -z 192.168.44.14 443 real 1m15.002s user 0m0.001s sys 0m0.003s # time nc -w 1 -z google.com 80 Connection to google.com 80 port [tcp/http] succeeded! real 0m0.385s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.007s any solution /Vladimir Ermakov