Socket Hang Problem (Weird)

[Tejaswi]

Hello!
I have a J# socket client that does an HTTP Post. Code pasted below. This
client works fine on my XP and Win 2003 boxes, but on my Win 2000 Server box,
the socket just hangs when it tries to read. No exception nothing just hangs.
Any suggestion?

public static String httpPost(String url, String payload, String
ContentType)thr ows Exception, System.Exceptio n
{
WebResponse result = null;
StreamReader sr = null;

try
{
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Crea te(url);
req.set_Method( "POST");
//req.set_Content Type("applicati on/x-www-form-urlencoded");
req.set_Content Type(ContentTyp e);

ubyte[] SomeBytes = null;

if (payload != null)
{

//SomeBytes = HttpUtility.Url EncodeToBytes(p ayload);
SomeBytes = Encoding.get_UT F8().GetBytes(p ayload);
req.set_Content Length(SomeByte s.length);
Stream newStream = req.GetRequestS tream();
newStream.Write (SomeBytes, 0, SomeBytes.lengt h);

newStream.Close ();
}
else
{
req.set_Content Length(0);
}

result = req.GetResponse ();
Stream ReceiveStream = result.GetRespo nseStream();
Encoding encode = System.Text.Enc oding.GetEncodi ng("utf-8");
sr = new StreamReader(Re ceiveStream, encode);
System.Text.Str ingBuilder strb = new StringBuilder() ;
String str;
while ((str = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
strb.Append(str ).Append( "\r\n");
}
return System.Web.Http Utility.UrlDeco de(strb.ToStrin g(), encode);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
throw e;
}
catch (System.Excepti on se)
{
throw se;
}
finally
{
if(sr != null)
sr.Close();

if (result != null)
result.Close();
}
}//getPage