diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp
index ddbaa35ee..65d8f18a1 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class NetReader : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
 
             std::string fileName;
-            int index = inFileName.find(":");
+            int index = inFileName.find_last_of(":");
             // If we haven't been given a hostname as an option
             // and it hasn't been prefixed to the name, we fail
             if( index != -1 )
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp
index 710740b4e..f61047836 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__) 
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(WIN32) || defined (__sgi) || defined (__hpux)
 typedef int socklen_t;
 #endif
 
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <sys/filio.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __sgi
-typedef int socklen_t;
-#endif
 
 #ifndef BUFSIZ
 #  define BUFSIZ 1024