Re: 3425 ECONNREFUSED

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is it a name resolution issue? Is it found in DNS? Do you have
multiple interfaces on the server machine?

On Dec 6, 2007 6:42 PM, Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Make sure the server job is listening on a real IP and not the localhost
> of 127.0.0.1 only.
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of keith
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:00 PM
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> Subject: 3425 ECONNREFUSED
>
> i am having the following problem..i am trying to run a socket
> communication between and 820 and an i5..the server and client connect
> run fine as long as they are on the same machine..i am using the 820 as
> the server and the i5 as client..when the client attempts to connect
> with the server i get the following message 3425 ECONNREFUSED..this
> happens no matter how i try to get the address..i have tried with
> gethostbyname using the host name and also with inetaddr using the
> actual ip address..i think there is some sort of configuration problem
> but cannot find it..thought it was because the i5 had alwanynet set to
> *no but that did not fix the problem..inetaddr gets an address but again
>
> the same message..gethostbyname ends up with address of 0..netstatus
> shows that the server is active and listening..
>
> this has become a critical issue..can anyone help
>
> the server is active and listening on socket 2000 which is the one i am
> using..netstat *cnn shows this to be true on the server system which
> every system i use for the server..
>
> the only change to the client code from running client and server on the
>
> same system is the change of
>
> D servername s 255a inz('LOCALHOST')
>
> to the actual server name..this is verified using navigator as being in
> the table with the correct ip address..and is found by the
> gethostbyname..there are no errors up to the point of actual connection
> with the connect..this is when the econnrefused occurs..
>
> now when gethostbyname is used it comes back with an address to go into
> sinaddr of 0 when the ip address is coded in and inetaddr is used
> sinaddr comes back with an actual number for the address..
>
> i just found your code last night..i have been using the example in the
> rpg redbook who knew and have used this same program setup before for
> socket connections with no problems..but that was also using local host
> and connecting with a pc connected as a workstation..not between two
> as/400 or iseries..
>
> i hope this makes it a bit more clear..
>
> as i said i can run the client and server together on each individual
> system using localhost for the server name with no problem..when i
> change from i try to install and run server on one system and the client
>
> on the other i get the econnrefused message and in every case whichever
> system the server is shown in netstat as being up..running and
> listening..
> i made some changes to include inet_ntoa so i could check to see if i am
>
> getting a correct address and ip number from the gethostbyname..i am..
>
> the socketaddr data structure on the client side has the following
> information
>
> sinfamily of socketaddr = 2
> sinport of socketaddr = 2000
> sinaddr of socketaddr = 3232235876 which converts to 198.162.1.100 when
> placed into inet_ntoa which is correct
> sinzero of socketaddr = ' '
>
> on the server machine the server is active and is waiting in debut mode
> at the accept function..
>
> netstat *cnn shows the server active and listening on port 2000
>
> when the client issues the connect function it always gets the error
> message 3425 connection refused..
>
> as i said when i run the client and server on the same machine there are
>
> no problems connecting even when the server name is used instead of
> localhost..
>
> i have checked many times in navigator and the server name is in the
> table with the correct ip address..
>
> so i dont know what is happening..
>
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