Web Socket module for Apache

[Mel Smith]

Hi:

I'm interested in finding implementing a websocket module for my Apache
2.2.22 server.

Environ:

I run the Apache server from my home office. My server hardware is a
Win 7 Home Premium machine It works great with my very small audience. I
have a local network where I have a WinXP Pro (sp2) machine for development
and testing workability of my pages with IE8, Chrome, FF, Opera, and Safari.


I understand that www.websocket.org has now split off the websocket
development from html5, and is implementing the ws: and wss: protocols for a
variety of browsers themselves. I downloaded their echo demo and it works
very fast to *their* ws server from FF and Chrome but *not* with IE8, Opera,
and Safari.

Now, I would like to check on the availability of a current websocket
module for *my* Apache Server that I can download and check its workability
with my server. (I use a C-based CGI app to read/write to Apache)

Q:
1. Where can I find/download a suitable websocket module for testing.

2. Is the linkage of this module to my Apache server reasonably easy
to perform for an application programmer like myself ?

Thanks,

-Mel Smith