throw te;
            }

            state = 1;
            te = null;
            thread = new Thread( this, name );
            thread.setDaemon( true );

            synchronized (thread) {
                thread.start();
                thread.wait( timeout );          /* wait for doConnect */

                switch (state) {

        Thread t = this.thread;
        if ( t != null && Thread.currentThread() != t ) {
            this.thread = null;
            try {
                log.debug("Interrupting transport thread");
                t.interrupt();
                log.debug("Joining transport thread");
                t.join(timeout);