Tomcat 3.2 under Win Nt 4. Client wants to re-use socket connection for multiple requests from server - it is actually a feature of HTTP 1.1. This saves time on creating socket object, making TCP connection. What Tomcat is doing unlike other web servers we have ( Apache, Weblogic) is resetting connection after every request. The sequense which is seen in the network is the following: Client -> Connect Client -> GET(socket NNN) Tomcat -> Response Client -> GET(socket NNN) Tomcat -> Reset connection <- !!!! Whats the hell? Client -> Connect Tomcat -> Bind Client -> GET(socket MMM) Tomcat -> Response Who knows why it happens? Aleksey