Error obtaining input stream!!!

Question

Hi java guys,
i am trying to connect from an applet thru sockets. its working fine on the intranet, but on the internet its not. i am using ObjectInputStream to wrap the input stream but its blocking for some time and then giving a EOF Exception. i am trying to pass java objects from the applet. i am using port 7129. Even while using URLConnection its giving me the same problem!
kindly help!!!!
phil

Answer 1

hi everybody,
thanx to all. pls take a look at the servlet end of the sample code. this is inside the innerclass of the servlet which is responsible for the IO part:-
Socket client = s.accept();
client.setSoTimeout(5000);     //timeout after 5 seconds
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
out.flush();
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(client.getInputStream());
in.close();
if (in==null){
     //null notification
ChatRoom dt = (ChatRoom) in.readObject();
if (dt==null)
     //null notification
distributeMsgs(dt);
RoomList newRoomList=null;
if (lastUpdate != null){
     newRoomList = getNewRoomList();
out.writeObject(newRoomList);
out.close();
client.close();
client = null;
help needed!
and thanx everybody
luv
phil