Ports...... Unable to get access

[polarbear6]

Well right now I have summer holidays, so i thought I will make a Type Racer sort of game.

Now the problem is that when i try to make a socket and establish a connection to a port, Vista is denying me access.

I have added the port number to the exception list in my firewall.

If it helps here is the code.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim tcpclient As New Net.Sockets.TcpClient()
tcpclient.Connect("GS1", "6363")
Dim netstre As NetworkStream = tcpclient.GetStream()



Dim sendBytes As [Byte]() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Is anybody there")
netstre.Write(sendBytes, 0, sendBytes.Length)

Dim bytes(tcpclient.ReceiveBufferSize) As Byte
netstre.Read(bytes, 0, CInt(tcpclient.ReceiveBufferSize))
' Output the data received from the host to the console.
Dim returndata As String = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes)
texta.Text = returndata

End Sub

I'm even unable to ping to that port

 

[KB]

Is the server/desktop GS1 listening on port 6363? You can only connect to an open port that is actively listening for requests. Have you tried to telnet to that server and port?

 

[Ken g6]

You can't ping a port. You're looking to connect to a TCP port, and ping only sends ICMP packets.

Now, the first thing to do is make sure your computer knows where "GS1" is. Type "nslookup GS1" at a command prompt. If it says "DNS request timed out.", use the computer's IP address instead. (You can get that on the destination computer by running "ipconfig" at a command prompt.)

 

[polarbear6]

Well i just started out at network programming, so i was pretty much a noob .........
I forgot that some thing needs to listen to the 6363 port.I forgot to make a server. Now its working alright.

Thanks guys thanks a lot.My bad. Really sorry

Well right now I'm looking at some free Db hosts.........

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