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Socat

Address in use

N Network Medium

🔴 Error Message

Address already in use error

📖 What This Means

Port already bound by another process.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Check: ss -tlnp | grep PORT
  2. Use different port
  3. Kill process using the port

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