af The address family used in later references to the socket. Addresses specified in subsequent operations using the socket are interpreted according to this family. Use one of the following: o AF_INET for the IPv4 address family o AF_INET6 for the IPv6 address family o TCPIP$C_AUXS For a network application server with the LISTEN flag enabled, you specify the TCPIP$C_AUXS address family to obtain the connected device socket created by the auxiliary server in response to incoming network traffic. type The socket types are: o SOCK_STREAM - Provides sequenced, reliable, two-way, connection-based byte streams with an available out-of-band data transmission mechanism. o SOCK_DGRAM - Provides datagram transmissions. A datagram is a connectionless, unreliable data transmission mechanism. o SOCK_RAW - Provides access to internal network interfaces. Available only to users with the SYSPRV privilege. protocol The protocol to be used with the socket. Normally, only a single protocol exists to support a particular socket type using a given address format. However, if many protocols exist, a particular protocol must be specified with this argument. Use the protocol number that is specific to the address family.