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I am working on a KMP Mobile app that sends data to desktop over sockets.
I have trouble closing ktor's `aSocket`. To close Socket I use `disconnect()` . However when I try to connect to the same IP and Port I get `java.net.BindException: Address already in use` . I also noticed that `socket?.dispose()` takes infinite time to complete. How can I close `aSocket` for this to work properly?

```private val selectorManager = SelectorManager(Dispatchers.IO)
private var socket: Socket? = null
private var writeChannel: ByteWriteChannel? = null
private var readChannel: ByteReadChannel? = null

suspend fun connect(ip: String, port: Int) {
    socket = aSocket(selectorManager)
        .tcp()
        .bind(ip, port)
        .accept()
}

override suspend fun disconnect() {
    withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
        writeChannel?.close()
        readChannel = null
        socket?.dispose()
    }
}```

I cannot find the `disconnect`  method but only the `close` and `cancel` methods which you can try. You can try using the <https://stackoverflow.com/a/3233022/13963150|SO_REUSEADDR> TCP/IP socket option to solve your problem.