connect(...) timeout?

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I have an IP address that I connect to using the following:

connect( mySocket, (SOCKADDR*) &myAddress, sizeof( myAddress ) )

This blocks until a connection is established or fails, the latter of which takes several seconds. Is there a way to force a quicker timeout for this function, so it fails and returns quicker than it does by default?

The winsock header: #include "WinSock2.h"

In case it matters, the failure cause I am interested in is if the server is simply not listening. (I.E. network cables are assumed to be fine, network card works, no hardware problems).

Thanks in advance.