diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index b7b62d930629dc16d70e761d8b67c683a9ba3ec7..c1ea103c01742ba2acd06beb1e1b33ecf2f1ef7b 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ uint riobp;
 
 #define STATUS_WFC	"Listening"
 
-#define TIMEOUT_THREAD_WAIT		30		// Seconds
+#define TIMEOUT_THREAD_WAIT		15		// Seconds (was 30)
 #define IO_THREAD_BUF_SIZE	   	10000   // Bytes
 
 // Globals
@@ -137,6 +137,28 @@ static void thread_down()
 		startup->thread_up(FALSE);
 }
 
+int lputs(char* str)
+{
+	if(startup==NULL || startup->lputs==NULL)
+    	return(0);
+    return(startup->lputs(str));
+}
+
+int lprintf(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list argptr;
+	char sbuf[1024];
+
+    if(startup==NULL || startup->lputs==NULL)
+        return(0);
+    va_start(argptr,fmt);
+    vsprintf(sbuf,fmt,argptr);
+    va_end(argptr);
+    return(startup->lputs(sbuf));
+}
+
+} /* extern "C" */
+
 SOCKET open_socket(int type)
 {
 	SOCKET sock;
@@ -151,6 +173,9 @@ int close_socket(SOCKET sock)
 {
 	int		result;
 
+	if(sock==INVALID_SOCKET)
+		return(0);
+
 	shutdown(sock,SHUT_RDWR);	/* required on Unix */
 	result=closesocket(sock);
 	if(/* result==0 && */ startup!=NULL && startup->socket_open!=NULL) 
@@ -160,29 +185,21 @@ int close_socket(SOCKET sock)
 	return(result);
 }
 
-int lputs(char* str)
+u_long resolve_ip(char *addr)
 {
-	if(startup==NULL || startup->lputs==NULL)
-    	return(0);
-    return(startup->lputs(str));
-}
-
-int lprintf(char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list argptr;
-	char sbuf[1024];
+	HOSTENT*	host;
+	char*		p;
 
-    if(startup==NULL || startup->lputs==NULL)
-        return(0);
-    va_start(argptr,fmt);
-    vsprintf(sbuf,fmt,argptr);
-    va_end(argptr);
-    return(startup->lputs(sbuf));
+	for(p=addr;*p;p++)
+		if(*p!='.' && !isdigit(*p))
+			break;
+	if(!(*p))
+		return(inet_addr(addr));
+	if ((host=gethostbyname(addr))==NULL) 
+		return(0);
+	return(*((ulong*)host->h_addr_list[0]));
 }
 
-} /* extern "C" */
-
-
 BYTE* telnet_interpret(sbbs_t* sbbs, BYTE* inbuf, int inlen,
   									BYTE* outbuf, int& outlen)
 {
@@ -283,6 +300,7 @@ void input_thread(void *arg)
     BYTE		*wrbuf;
     int			i,rd,wr,avail;
 	ulong		total_recv=0;
+	ulong		total_pkts=0;
 	fd_set		socket_set;
 	sbbs_t*		sbbs = (sbbs_t*) arg;
 	struct timeval	tv;
@@ -371,6 +389,7 @@ void input_thread(void *arg)
 		}
 
 		total_recv+=rd;
+		total_pkts++;
 
         // telbuf and wr are modified to reflect telnet escaped data
 		wrbuf=telnet_interpret(sbbs, inbuf, rd, telbuf, wr);
@@ -391,8 +410,8 @@ void input_thread(void *arg)
 
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&sbbs->input_thread_mutex);
 
-	lprintf("Node %d input thread terminated (total bytes received: %lu)"
-		,sbbs->cfg.node_num, total_recv);
+	lprintf("Node %d input thread terminated (received %lu bytes in %lu packets)"
+		,sbbs->cfg.node_num, total_recv, total_pkts);
 
 	thread_down();
 }
@@ -404,6 +423,7 @@ void output_thread(void* arg)
 	int			i;
     ulong		avail;
 	ulong		total_sent=0;
+	ulong		total_pkts=0;
     ulong		bufbot=0;
     ulong		buftop=0;
 	sbbs_t*		sbbs = (sbbs_t*) arg;
@@ -468,13 +488,15 @@ void output_thread(void* arg)
 
 		bufbot+=i;
 		total_sent+=i;
+		total_pkts++;
     }
 
 	sbbs->spymsg("Disconnected");
 
     sbbs->output_thread_running = false;
 
-	lprintf("%s output thread terminated (total bytes sent: %lu)", node, total_sent);
+	lprintf("%s output thread terminated (sent %lu byts in %lu packets)"
+		,node, total_sent, total_pkts);
 
 	thread_down();
 }