is a server thread necessary now ?

[abhiexx]

hi !
i am coding a gnutella clone....i have got to the ping part....ha...don't laugh........every dog has his day..:-))....i am running bearshare...and sending it a ping packet...and expecting it to reply....i am getting none...the bearshare console reports....connection closed because of handshake timeout.....do i have to start a server thread in the background just to test ping ??? cause as u must have guessed i am pretty lazy .....seriiously speaking help will be appreciated.