function _connect($host, $port) {
$this->SendMSG("Creating socket");
$sock = @fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $this->_timeout);
if (!$sock) {
$this->PushError('_connect','socket connect failed', $errstr." (".$errno.")");
return FALSE;
}
$this->_connected=true;
return $sock;
}