Re: HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream:Unable to connect to the remot

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Hello John,

You were right. I did have InnerException, but due to the limited debugging
means on the deployment machines I did not notice that. I have checked the
event log on the deployment machine, but found nothing. As far as the host of
the remote web service, I have no control over it.

Here is the complete exception description:

System.Net.WebException Unable to connect to the remote server at
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream() at ...

Inner exception: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException Message: A connection
attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a
period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has
failed to respond | at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint
endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress) at
System.Net.Sockets.Socket.InternalConnect(EndPoint remoteEP) at
System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket
s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state,
IAsyncResult asyncResult, Int32 timeout, Exception& exception)

This looks very strange to me as the service does react promptly on HTTP GET.
Thanx in advance, if you have ideas!


"John Saunders [MVP]" wrote:

"Edgile" <Edgile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AB2B35F9-E7D6-4491-D5-9155C3985F0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Everyone,

System.Net.WebException Unable to connect to the remote server at
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()

This is the exception I am confronted with when I deploy my website on a
W2003 Standard Edition server though the same code runs perfectly on other
two developer servers (XP Professional). This GetRequestStream method is
executed on the web server when invoking a remote web service. Then it
waits
until a timeout and I get this exception. The web service invokation uses
HTTP POST. If I fire an HTTP GET from a browser of the problematic server
to
the same remote web service (same URL), I get the correct response
immediately that is an error report insturcting me to use HTTP POST . I am
pretty certain that this is not a software issue, but rather a security
settings problem of W2003 Server. Can you help me with any advise?

Was this the entire exception message? In particular, I suspect there was an
inner exception detailing _why_ it was unable to connect to the remote
server.

Additionally, was there anything in the event logs either for the invoking
server or the remote server?
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John Saunders | MVP – Windows Server System – Connected System Developer


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