diff --git a/utils/solvers/c++/GmshClient.h b/utils/solvers/c++/GmshClient.h
index 847c659599ce9a7e8a1bf0152e38473ab68569da..94acfc305155e5465f2ef3b0747835429831a936 100644
--- a/utils/solvers/c++/GmshClient.h
+++ b/utils/solvers/c++/GmshClient.h
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ class GmshClient {
       }
     }
     else{
-      // try to connect socket to given name
       _sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
       if(_sock < 0)
 	return -1; // Error: Couldn't create socket
       struct hostent *server;
       if(!(server = gethostbyname(remote)))
 	return -3; // Error: No such host
+      // try to connect socket to given name
       struct sockaddr_in addr_in;
       memset((char *) &addr_in, 0, sizeof(addr_in));
       addr_in.sin_family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/utils/solvers/c/GmshClient.c b/utils/solvers/c/GmshClient.c
index 96759749fc4854343a440f0517476b7735f503e2..b97985fdfd6a01c93daa1ce75bae228c4b776c71 100644
--- a/utils/solvers/c/GmshClient.c
+++ b/utils/solvers/c/GmshClient.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: GmshClient.c,v 1.2 2005-01-16 20:41:42 geuzaine Exp $ */
+/* $Id: GmshClient.c,v 1.3 2005-01-16 20:56:03 geuzaine Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 1997-2005 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
  *
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ int Gmsh_Connect(char *sockname)
     }
   }
   else{
-    /* try to connect socket to given name */
     sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if(sock < 0)
       return -1; /* Error: Couldn't create socket */
     if(!(server = gethostbyname(remote)))
       return -3; /* Error: No such host */
+    /* try to connect socket to given name */
     memset((char *) &addr_in, 0, sizeof(addr_in));
     addr_in.sin_family = AF_INET;
     memcpy((char *)&addr_in.sin_addr.s_addr, (char *)server->h_addr, server->h_length);