From d372ea753f18d214e2a88e813b5b318db516f18a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzz <zzz@mail.i2p>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:26:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fallback to external socket

---
 core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalSocket.java | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalSocket.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalSocket.java
index 26280f254..24d743423 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalSocket.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalSocket.java
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ public class InternalSocket extends Socket {
     public static Socket getSocket(String host, int port) throws IOException {
         if (System.getProperty("router.version") != null &&
             (host.equals("127.0.0.1") || host.equals("localhost"))) {
-            return new InternalSocket(port);
-        } else {
-            return new Socket(host, port);
+            try {
+                return new InternalSocket(port);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {}
+            // guess it wasn't really internal...
         }
+        return new Socket(host, port);
     }
 
     @Override