title: Can socket connections be multiplexed?
body: <p>Is it possible to multiplex sa ocket connection?</p>
  <p>I need to establish multiple connections to yahoo messenger and i am looking for a way to do this efficiently without having to hold a socket open for each client connection.</p>
  <p>so far i have to use one socket for each client and this does not scale well above 50,000 connections.</p>
  <p>oh, my solution is for a TELCO, so i need to at least hit 250,000 to 500,000 connections</p>
  <p>i'm planing to bind multiple IP addresses to a single NIC to beat the 65k port restriction per IP address.</p>
  <p>Please i would any help, insight i can get.</p>
  <p>**most of my other questions on this site have gone un-answered :) **</p>
  <p>Thanks</p>