diff -r a311454b65a4 Lib/test/test_timeout.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py	Fri Oct 29 16:01:42 2010 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py	Fri Oct 29 19:55:11 2010 +0200
@@ -130,17 +130,19 @@
     def testRecvTimeout(self):
         # Test recv() timeout
         _timeout = 0.02
-        self.sock.connect(self.addr_remote)
-        self.sock.settimeout(_timeout)
 
-        _t1 = time.time()
-        self.assertRaises(socket.error, self.sock.recv, 1024)
-        _t2 = time.time()
+        with support.transient_internet(self.addr_remote[0]):
+            self.sock.connect(self.addr_remote)
+            self.sock.settimeout(_timeout)
 
-        _delta = abs(_t1 - _t2)
-        self.assertTrue(_delta < _timeout + self.fuzz,
-                     "timeout (%g) is %g seconds more than expected (%g)"
-                     %(_delta, self.fuzz, _timeout))
+            _t1 = time.time()
+            self.assertRaises(socket.timeout, self.sock.recv, 1024)
+            _t2 = time.time()
+
+            _delta = abs(_t1 - _t2)
+            self.assertTrue(_delta < _timeout + self.fuzz,
+                         "timeout (%g) is %g seconds more than expected (%g)"
+                         %(_delta, self.fuzz, _timeout))
 
     def testAcceptTimeout(self):
         # Test accept() timeout