Now the cannaserver uses a UNIX domain scoekt by default. If you need to use a TCP connection, please edit your /etc/rc.conf (or alike) and add the -inet command-line option to canna_flags, i.e.: canna_flags="-u bin -inet" Also, note that canna startup script now uses the rcNG mechanism, so if you'd like to start Canna server on local system, enable it in your /etc/rc.conf, i.e.: canna_enable="yes"