diff --git a/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.cpp b/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.cpp
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+/*
+* Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+*
+*
+* This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Affero Public License.
+* See the COPYING file in the main directory for details.
+*
+* This use of this software may be subject to additional restrictions.
+* See the LEGAL file in the main directory for details.
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+
+
+
+#include "Sockets.h"
+#include "Threads.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+static const int gNumToSend = 10;
+
+
+void *testReaderIP(void *)
+{
+	UDPSocket readSocket(5934, "localhost", 5061);
+	readSocket.nonblocking();
+	int rc = 0;
+	while (rc<gNumToSend) {
+		char buf[MAX_UDP_LENGTH];
+		int count = readSocket.read(buf);
+		if (count>0) {
+			COUT("read: " << buf);
+			rc++;
+		} else {
+			sleep(2);
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+
+void *testReaderUnix(void *)
+{
+	UDDSocket readSocket("testDestination");
+	readSocket.nonblocking();
+	int rc = 0;
+	while (rc<gNumToSend) {
+		char buf[MAX_UDP_LENGTH];
+		int count = readSocket.read(buf);
+		if (count>0) {
+			COUT("read: " << buf);
+			rc++;
+		} else {
+			sleep(2);
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[] )
+{
+
+  Thread readerThreadIP;
+  readerThreadIP.start(testReaderIP,NULL);
+  Thread readerThreadUnix;
+  readerThreadUnix.start(testReaderUnix,NULL);
+
+  UDPSocket socket1(5061, "127.0.0.1",5934);
+  UDDSocket socket1U("testSource","testDestination");
+  
+  COUT("socket1: " << socket1.port());
+
+  // give the readers time to open
+  sleep(1);
+
+  for (int i=0; i<gNumToSend; i++) {
+    socket1.write("Hello IP land");	
+	socket1U.write("Hello Unix domain");
+	sleep(1);
+  }
+
+  readerThreadIP.join();
+  readerThreadUnix.join();
+}
+
+// vim: ts=4 sw=4