I have a socket listener and a test app.
The socket listener app: opens up the port 51296 and listens.
The test app - sends a message on port 51296.
If the listener and test app are on the same box, all is well - everything
works as expected.
But when I move my test app to a remote box: I get the following error:
"no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it"
--------------------------------------------------
This is the listener code:
IPHostEntry hostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(myserver.domain.com);
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(hostEntry.AddressList[0], 51296);
Socket soc =
new Socket(ipe.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
soc.Connect(ipe);
soc.Send(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("some text message"));
soc.Close();
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all
traffic.
That did not work.
Any ideas on how to detect where the problem is..?
Thanks much
Jay 11 2861
Definitely sounds like the firewall or some other thing cauing the issue.
You sure no other app is running that port on that machine? did you check
the client is also not blocking that port?
I usually turn off everything, antivirus progs everything (best to not be on
the net when you do this) and all firewalls. Then try, if it works i start
to put them on one by one until it doesn't work. Then fix the app causing
the block.
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have a socket listener and a test app.
The socket listener app: opens up the port 51296 and listens.
The test app - sends a message on port 51296.
If the listener and test app are on the same box, all is well - everything
works as expected.
But when I move my test app to a remote box: I get the following error:
"no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused
it"
--------------------------------------------------
This is the listener code:
IPHostEntry hostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(myserver.domain.com);
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(hostEntry.AddressList[0], 51296);
Socket soc =
new Socket(ipe.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
soc.Connect(ipe);
soc.Send(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("some text message"));
soc.Close();
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all
traffic.
That did not work.
Any ideas on how to detect where the problem is..?
Thanks much
Jay
I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy.
I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completely.
"PokerMan" <no****@pokercat.co.ukwrote in message
news:uz**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Definitely sounds like the firewall or some other thing cauing the issue.
You sure no other app is running that port on that machine? did you check
the client is also not blocking that port?
I usually turn off everything, antivirus progs everything (best to not be
on the net when you do this) and all firewalls. Then try, if it works i
start to put them on one by one until it doesn't work. Then fix the app
causing the block.
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I have a socket listener and a test app. The socket listener app: opens up the port 51296 and listens. The test app - sends a message on port 51296. If the listener and test app are on the same box, all is well - everything works as expected. But when I move my test app to a remote box: I get the following error: "no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" -------------------------------------------------- This is the listener code: IPHostEntry hostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(myserver.domain.com);
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(hostEntry.AddressList[0], 51296);
Socket soc =
new Socket(ipe.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
soc.Connect(ipe);
soc.Send(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("some text message"));
soc.Close();
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all traffic.
That did not work.
Any ideas on how to detect where the problem is..?
Thanks much
Jay
Hi,
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy.
| I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel
Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your
server if there is a firewall?
Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass through.
--
Ignacio Machin
machin AT laceupsolutions com
Ignacio, at end of his post he says:
"I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all
traffic.
That did not work."
My best advice since you cant turn it off is try changing the port number
and see if you have more luck. Sounds like the firewall is the reason
though. Do check if there is anything else blocking that port.
As a check try this, start your app listening.
then open a command prompt and type Netstat -a
This shows all connections. Ensure your app is listening on the port you
mentioned. If it is then try telnet to that port and see if the server lets
that through. I am sure you'll find it doesnt due to the firewall, if it
does then there is a problem with your client end software on how it
connects.
Definitely sounds like an administrative problem not a code one though.
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <machin TA laceupsolutions.comwrote in
message news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi,
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy.
| I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel
Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your
server if there is a firewall?
Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass
through.
--
Ignacio Machin
machin AT laceupsolutions com
I am allowing that port to pass through.
But still I cannot see the messages come through.
Are there any tools that I can use to monitor what is happening?
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <machin TA laceupsolutions.comwrote in
message news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi,
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy.
| I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel
Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your
server if there is a firewall?
Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass
through.
--
Ignacio Machin
machin AT laceupsolutions com
Your code snippet says listener code but it looks more like client code.
Does an nslookup of myserver.domain.com return only one IP address?
Do you know which IP and/or interface AddressList[0] is binding too? Does
the server use similar code to setup the listener? Is it possible it's
binding to an IP that the remote machine does not have a route to? For
example, I have VMWare on my machine so there are 2 virtual adapters that
have private IPs that are not part of our local subnet. If my software
listened on one of those then remote machines would have no way of
connecting to me, but the same client running on my workstation would. Make
sure you are listening on the interface and IP you think you are listening
on.
jim
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have a socket listener and a test app.
The socket listener app: opens up the port 51296 and listens.
The test app - sends a message on port 51296.
If the listener and test app are on the same box, all is well - everything
works as expected.
But when I move my test app to a remote box: I get the following error:
"no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused
it"
--------------------------------------------------
This is the listener code:
IPHostEntry hostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(myserver.domain.com);
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(hostEntry.AddressList[0], 51296);
Socket soc =
new Socket(ipe.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
soc.Connect(ipe);
soc.Send(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("some text message"));
soc.Close();
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all
traffic.
That did not work.
Any ideas on how to detect where the problem is..?
Thanks much
Jay
Your code snippet says listener code but it looks more like client code.
Does an nslookup of myserver.domain.com return only one IP address?
Do you know which IP and/or interface AddressList[0] is binding too? Does
the server use similar code to setup the listener? Is it possible it's
binding to an IP that the remote machine does not have a route to? For
example, I have VMWare on my machine so there are 2 virtual adapters that
have private IPs that are not part of our local subnet. If my software
listened on one of those then remote machines would have no way of
connecting to me, but the same client running on my workstation would. Make
sure you are listening on the interface and IP you think you are listening
on.
jim
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have a socket listener and a test app.
The socket listener app: opens up the port 51296 and listens.
The test app - sends a message on port 51296.
If the listener and test app are on the same box, all is well - everything
works as expected.
But when I move my test app to a remote box: I get the following error:
"no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused
it"
--------------------------------------------------
This is the listener code:
IPHostEntry hostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(myserver.domain.com);
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(hostEntry.AddressList[0], 51296);
Socket soc =
new Socket(ipe.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
soc.Connect(ipe);
soc.Send(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("some text message"));
soc.Close();
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all
traffic.
That did not work.
Any ideas on how to detect where the problem is..?
Thanks much
Jay
I tried changing the port number to 80 (which is a http port and it is
unblocked)
That did not work.
I did a netstat -a .
I saw that the app was listening on the port.
But when I tried "telnet <servername51296", it did not go through.
What else can I do?
"PokerMan" <no****@pokercat.co.ukwrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Ignacio, at end of his post he says:
"I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is
running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all
traffic.
That did not work."
My best advice since you cant turn it off is try changing the port number
and see if you have more luck. Sounds like the firewall is the reason
though. Do check if there is anything else blocking that port.
As a check try this, start your app listening.
then open a command prompt and type Netstat -a
This shows all connections. Ensure your app is listening on the port you
mentioned. If it is then try telnet to that port and see if the server
lets that through. I am sure you'll find it doesnt due to the firewall, if
it does then there is a problem with your client end software on how it
connects.
Definitely sounds like an administrative problem not a code one though.
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <machin TA laceupsolutions.comwrote in
message news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>Hi,
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... |I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy. | I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel
Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your server if there is a firewall?
Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass through.
-- Ignacio Machin machin AT laceupsolutions com
Do a netstat -an and check the IP that the listener is bound to. Then try
to telnet to that IP and port instead of machine name and port. Also ping
that IP from the remote to make sure there is a route in place.
jim
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ur**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I tried changing the port number to 80 (which is a http port and it is unblocked)
That did not work.
I did a netstat -a .
I saw that the app was listening on the port.
But when I tried "telnet <servername51296", it did not go through.
What else can I do?
"PokerMan" <no****@pokercat.co.ukwrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>Ignacio, at end of his post he says:
"I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all traffic.
That did not work."
My best advice since you cant turn it off is try changing the port number and see if you have more luck. Sounds like the firewall is the reason though. Do check if there is anything else blocking that port.
As a check try this, start your app listening.
then open a command prompt and type Netstat -a
This shows all connections. Ensure your app is listening on the port you mentioned. If it is then try telnet to that port and see if the server lets that through. I am sure you'll find it doesnt due to the firewall, if it does then there is a problem with your client end software on how it connects.
Definitely sounds like an administrative problem not a code one though.
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <machin TA laceupsolutions.comwrote in message news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>Hi,
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. . |I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy. | I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel
Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your server if there is a firewall?
Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass through.
-- Ignacio Machin machin AT laceupsolutions com
I saw some thing interesting.
The server box has 2 "local area connections".
When I do an ipconfig on that box: I get 2 IP addresses.
Say for e.g: 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2
When I run the listener it opens the port on 1.1.1.1 : 51296
But when I try to send the messages from my box: I only see 2.2.2.2.
I cannot ping 1.1.1.1 and therefore I cannot send messages to that box.
Any ideas why there are 2 IP addresses? Is that because of the firewall?
"Jim H" <ji**@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:OE**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Do a netstat -an and check the IP that the listener is bound to. Then try
to telnet to that IP and port instead of machine name and port. Also ping
that IP from the remote to make sure there is a route in place.
jim
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ur**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I tried changing the port number to 80 (which is a http port and it is unblocked) That did not work.
I did a netstat -a . I saw that the app was listening on the port.
But when I tried "telnet <servername51296", it did not go through.
What else can I do?
"PokerMan" <no****@pokercat.co.ukwrote in message news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Ignacio, at end of his post he says:
"I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all traffic.
That did not work."
My best advice since you cant turn it off is try changing the port number and see if you have more luck. Sounds like the firewall is the reason though. Do check if there is anything else blocking that port.
As a check try this, start your app listening.
then open a command prompt and type Netstat -a
This shows all connections. Ensure your app is listening on the port you mentioned. If it is then try telnet to that port and see if the server lets that through. I am sure you'll find it doesnt due to the firewall, if it does then there is a problem with your client end software on how it connects.
Definitely sounds like an administrative problem not a code one though.
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <machin TA laceupsolutions.comwrote in message news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi,
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl. .. |I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy. | I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel
Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your server if there is a firewall?
Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass through.
-- Ignacio Machin machin AT laceupsolutions com
Found what the problem is.
I disabled one of the network connections, and now I am able to send
messages across.
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message
news:O8**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I saw some thing interesting.
The server box has 2 "local area connections".
When I do an ipconfig on that box: I get 2 IP addresses.
Say for e.g: 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2
When I run the listener it opens the port on 1.1.1.1 : 51296
But when I try to send the messages from my box: I only see 2.2.2.2.
I cannot ping 1.1.1.1 and therefore I cannot send messages to that box.
Any ideas why there are 2 IP addresses? Is that because of the firewall?
"Jim H" <ji**@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:OE**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>Do a netstat -an and check the IP that the listener is bound to. Then try to telnet to that IP and port instead of machine name and port. Also ping that IP from the remote to make sure there is a route in place.
jim
"Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message news:ur**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I tried changing the port number to 80 (which is a http port and it is unblocked) That did not work.
I did a netstat -a . I saw that the app was listening on the port.
But when I tried "telnet <servername51296", it did not go through.
What else can I do?
"PokerMan" <no****@pokercat.co.ukwrote in message news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... Ignacio, at end of his post he says:
"I have firewall enabled on the server box (where the listener is running).
I tried setting the firewall options to unblock the port 51296 for all traffic.
That did not work."
My best advice since you cant turn it off is try changing the port number and see if you have more luck. Sounds like the firewall is the reason though. Do check if there is anything else blocking that port.
As a check try this, start your app listening.
then open a command prompt and type Netstat -a
This shows all connections. Ensure your app is listening on the port you mentioned. If it is then try telnet to that port and see if the server lets that through. I am sure you'll find it doesnt due to the firewall, if it does then there is a problem with your client end software on how it connects.
Definitely sounds like an administrative problem not a code one though.
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <machin TA laceupsolutions.comwrote in message news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi, > "Jay" <Ja*@microsoft.comwrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. . |I cannot turn off the firewall. Its set by the corporate group policy. | I have admin previlages to modify, but not turn it off completel > Well, then how do you expect that the remote client can connect to your server if there is a firewall? > Either you remove your firewall or at least allow that port to pass through. > > -- Ignacio Machin machin AT laceupsolutions com > > This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics
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