No connection could be made because the target mac

Question

Sometimes I get the following error while I was doing HttpWebRequest to a WebService. I copied my code below too.

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System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:80
   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)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()

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ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new TrustAllCertificatePolicy();
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

request.PreAuthenticate = true;
request.Credentials = networkCredential(sla);
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Post;
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.Timeout = v_Timeout * 1000;

if (url.IndexOf("asmx") > 0 && parStartIndex > 0)
{
    AppHelper.Logger.Append("#############" + sla.ServiceName);

    using (StreamWriter reqWriter = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
    {                        
        while (true)
        {
            int index01 = parList.Length;
            int index02 = parList.IndexOf("=");

            if (parList.IndexOf("&") > 0)
                index01 = parList.IndexOf("&");

            string parName = parList.Substring(0, index02);
            string parValue = parList.Substring(index02 + 1, index01 - index02 - 1);

            reqWriter.Write("{0}={1}", HttpUtility.UrlEncode(parName), HttpUtility.UrlEncode(parValue));

             if (index01 == parList.Length)
                 break;

             reqWriter.Write("&");
             parList = parList.Substring(index01 + 1);
         }
     }
 }
 else
 {
     request.ContentLength = 0;
 }

 response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

Answer 1

I came across this error and took some time to resolve it. In my case I had https and net.tcp configured as IIS bindings on same port. Obviously you can't have two things on the same port. I used netstat -ap tcp command to check whether there is something listening on that port. There was none listening. Removing unnecessary binding (https in my case) solved my issue.

Answer 2

One more possibility --

Make sure you're trying to open the same IP address as where you're listening. My server app was listening to the host machine's IP address using IPv6, but the client was attempting to connect on the host machine's IPv4 address.

Answer 3

I had this issue happening often. I found SQL Server Agent service was not running. Once I started the service manually, it got fixed. Double check if the service is running or not:

1. Run prompt, type services.msc and hit enter
2. Find the service name - SQL Server Agent(Instance Name)

If SQL Server Agent is not running, double-click the service to open properties window. Then click on Start button. Hope it will help someone.

Answer 4

In my case this was caused by a faulty deployment where a setting in my web.config was not made.

A collegue explained that the IP address in the error message represents the localhost.

When I corrected the web.config I was then using the correct url to make the server calls and it worked.

I thought I would post this in case it might help someone.

Answer 5

Go to your WCF project - properties -> -> debuggers -> unmark the checkbox

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