+int
+NetChannel::handleResolve()
+{
+ IPAddress addr;
+ if (!IPAddress::lookupNonblocking(host.c_str(), addr)) {
+ return 0; // not looked up yet, wait longer
+ }
+
+ if (!addr.isValid()) {
+ SG_LOG(SG_IO, SG_WARN, "Network: host lookup failed:" << host);
+ handleError (0);
+ close();
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ resolving_host = false;
+ addr.setPort(port);
+ int result = Socket::connect ( &addr ) ;
+ if (result == 0) {
+ connected = true ;
+ return 0;
+ } else if (isNonBlockingError ()) {
+ return 0;
+ } else {
+ // some other error condition
+ handleError (result);
+ close();
+ return -1;
+ }
+}
+