diff --git a/darkice/trunk/src/DarkIce.h b/darkice/trunk/src/DarkIce.h
index 528037d..49ae2a5 100644
--- a/darkice/trunk/src/DarkIce.h
+++ b/darkice/trunk/src/DarkIce.h
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ class DarkIce : public virtual Referable, public virtual Reporter
          *  @return if shouting was successful.
          *  @exception Exception
          */
-        //bool
-        //shout ( unsigned int )                      throw ( Exception );
+        bool
+        shout ( unsigned int )                      throw ( Exception );
 
 
     protected:
diff --git a/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.cpp b/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.cpp
index 2812138..f065f36 100644
--- a/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.cpp
+++ b/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #else
 #error need signal.h
 #endif
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ bool
 TcpSocket :: open ( void )                       throw ( Exception )
 {
     int                     optval;
-    struct timeval optval2 = {5L, 0L};
     socklen_t               optlen;
 #ifdef HAVE_ADDRINFO
     struct addrinfo         hints
@@ -223,13 +221,10 @@ TcpSocket :: open ( void )                       throw ( Exception )
     memcpy ( addr, ptr->ai_addr, ptr->ai_addrlen);
     freeaddrinfo(ptr);
 #else
-    reportEvent(9, "Gonna do gethostbyname()");
     if ( !(pHostEntry = gethostbyname( host)) ) {
         sockfd = 0;
-        reportEvent(9, "Fail in gethostbyname()");        
         throw Exception( __FILE__, __LINE__, "gethostbyname error", errno);
     }
-    reportEvent(9, "done gethostbyname()");
     
     memset( &addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
     addr.sin_family      = AF_INET;
@@ -246,40 +241,9 @@ TcpSocket :: open ( void )                       throw ( Exception )
     optval = 1;
     optlen = sizeof(optval);
     if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, &optval, optlen) == -1) {  
-        reportEvent(5, "can't set TCP socket SO_KEEPALIVE mode", errno);
-    }
-    // set keep alive to some short value, this is a streaming server
-    // a long value will not work and lead to delay in reconnection
-    optval=5;
-    if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_TCP, TCP_KEEPIDLE, &optval, optlen) == -1) {  
-        reportEvent(5, "can't set TCP socket keep-alive TCP_KEEPIDLE value", errno);
-    }
-    
-    optval=2;
-    if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_TCP, TCP_KEEPCNT, &optval, optlen) == -1) {  
-        reportEvent(5, "can't set TCP socket keep-alive TCP_KEEPCNT value", errno);
-    }
-    
-    optval=5;
-    if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_TCP, TCP_KEEPINTVL, &optval, optlen) == -1) {  
-        reportEvent(5, "can't set TCP socket keep-alive TCP_KEEPCNT value", errno);
-    }
-    
-    if (-1 == setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (const char *) &optval2, sizeof (optval2))) {
-        reportEvent(5,"could not set socket option SO_SNDTIMEO");
+        reportEvent(5, "can't set TCP socket keep-alive mode", errno);
     }
 
-    if (-1 == setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (const char *) &optval2, sizeof (optval2))) {
-        reportEvent(5,"could not set socket option SO_RCVTIMEO");
-    }
-    
-    #ifdef TCP_CORK
-    // send larger network segments, limit buffer upto 0.2 sec before actual sending
-    if (-1 == setsockopt(sockfd, IPPROTO_TCP,  TCP_CORK, (const char *) &optval, sizeof (optval))) {
-        reportEvent(5,"could not set socket option TCP_CORK");
-    }
-    #endif
-    
     // connect
     if ( connect( sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1 ) {
         ::close( sockfd);
@@ -365,7 +329,7 @@ TcpSocket :: read (     void          * buf,
 
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Check if write() would block
+ *  Check wether read() would return anything
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 bool
 TcpSocket :: canWrite (    unsigned int    sec,
@@ -406,7 +370,7 @@ TcpSocket :: canWrite (    unsigned int    sec,
  *  Write to the socket
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 unsigned int
-TcpSocket :: write (    const void * buf,
+TcpSocket :: write (    const void    * buf,
                         unsigned int    len )       throw ( Exception )
 {
     int         ret;
@@ -414,42 +378,27 @@ TcpSocket :: write (    const void * buf,
     if ( !isOpen() ) {
         return 0;
     }
-    // let us try to write stuff to this socket
-    // we can not take forever to do it, so the open() call set up
-    // a send timeout, of 5 seconds
-    // we give it 2 retries and then give up, the stream has
-    // been blocked for 10+ seconds and we need to take action anyway
-    unsigned int bytesleft = len;
-    int retries = 2;
-    errno = 0;
-    while (bytesleft && (retries)) {
-        reportEvent(9,"before write\n", retries);
-        #ifdef HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL
-        ret = send( sockfd, buf, bytesleft, MSG_NOSIGNAL); // no SIGPIPE
-        #else
-        ret = send( sockfd, buf, bytesleft, 0);
-        #endif
-        if ((ret < 0) && ( errno == EAGAIN )) {
-           // problem happened, but try again
-           // try again
-           retries--;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL
+    ret = send( sockfd, buf, len, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+#else
+    ret = send( sockfd, buf, len, 0);
+#endif
+
+    if ( ret == -1 ) {
+        if ( errno == EAGAIN ) {
+            ret = 0;
         } else {
-           // some data was written
-           bytesleft -= ret;  // we 
-           buf = (char*)buf + ret; // move pointer to unsent portion
-        }
-        reportEvent(9,"after write\n",ret);
-    }
-    if (bytesleft) {
-        // data not send after this time means serious problem
-        ::close(sockfd);
+	    ::close( sockfd);
 	    sockfd = 0;
-        throw Exception( __FILE__, __LINE__, "send error", errno);
-    } else {
-        return len; // all bytes sent
+            throw Exception( __FILE__, __LINE__, "send error", errno);
+        }
     }
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
+
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *  Close the socket
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.h b/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.h
index 24690f8..4a43971 100644
--- a/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.h
+++ b/darkice/trunk/src/TcpSocket.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class TcpSocket : public Source, public Sink, public virtual Reporter
          *  @exception Exception
          */
         virtual unsigned int
-        write (        const void * buf,
+        write (        const void    * buf,
                        unsigned int    len )        throw ( Exception );
 
         /**