Hello, When using boos asio async receiving, my received callback usually looks like this: void ReceiveCB(const boost::system::error_code& error, std::size_t bytes_transferred) { If (error) { fprintf(stderr, "recv() failes: %s\n", error.message().c_str()); return; } /* process data received */ s.async_receive( boost::asio::buffer(...), & ReceiveCB); } I stop calling async_receive() as soon as I get an error. This works good for TCP sockets. But with UDP sockets, recvfrom() can return e.g. the error 'connection refused' after I called sendto() to a peer machine, where no socket is (yet) bound to the destination port number. So, at least after the error 'connection refuxed', I'd better continue calling async_receive_from(). Are there any recommendations on how to decide, whether the receive callback function should re-initiate a receive operation after a receive error or not? Mario Klebsch -- Mario Klebsch Actia I+ME GmbH Mario.klebsch@ime-actia.de<mailto:Mario.klebsch@ime-actia.de> Dresdenstrasse 17/18 Fon: +49 531 38 701 716 38124 Braunschweig Fax: +49 531 38 701 88 Germany