I am working on a project that transfers files over TCP. It is written in .NET 4.7. The program works while the client connects on the server that is on the same computer but when I send it to a friend and I try to connect it I get an error:
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
Currently the program only sends some information about the file that will be copied and is nothing is encrypted as I cannot send even these information.
Here's the code for the server (Invoke is used because it is run on a separate thread):
private void Server_Start()
{
try
{
// Set port on 13000
int port = 13000;
//Get the ip adress for the server
String localIp;
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
// Try connecting to Google public DNS and get the local endpoint as IP
// If failed to connect set IP as local IP
if (CheckForInternetConnection())
{
try
{
using (Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, 0))
{
socket.Connect("8.8.8.8", 65530);
IPEndPoint endPoint = socket.LocalEndPoint as IPEndPoint;
localIp = endPoint.Address.ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
localIp = "127.0.0.1";
}
}
else
{
localIp = "127.0.0.1";
}
}
IPAddress IP = IPAddress.Parse(localIp);
// Create listener and start listening
server = new TcpListener(IP, port);
server.Start();
// Buffer for data
Byte[] bytes = new byte[256];
String data = string.Empty;
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add("Server started on ip: " + IP.ToString())));
while (true)
{
// Accepting requests
TcpClient client = server.AcceptTcpClient();
// Get the stream object
NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream();
// Read length of file name
byte[] nameLength = new byte[4];
stream.Read(nameLength, 0, 4);
int nameSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(nameLength, 0);
// Read the name of file
byte[] name = new byte[nameSize];
stream.Read(name, 0, nameSize);
String fileName = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(name);
// Read size of file
byte[] fileSizeB = new byte[4];
stream.Read(fileSizeB, 0, 4);
int fileSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(fileSizeB, 0);
// Read start signal
byte[] startB = new byte[9+1];
stream.Read(startB, 0, 9);
String start = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(startB);
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add("Size of name: " + nameSize.ToString())));
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add("Name of file: " + fileName)));
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add("File size: " + fileSize.ToString())));
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add("Start signal: " + start)));
// Response to client
byte[] message = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Testmessage");
stream.Write(message, 0, message.Length);
}
server.Stop();
Log.Items.Add("Server started on ip: " + IP.ToString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add(e)));
}
}
And here is the code for the client:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
IPAddress iP = IPAddress.Parse(ConnectIp.Text);
int port = 13000;
int buffersize = 1024;
TcpClient client = new TcpClient();
NetworkStream netStream;
// Try to connect to server
try
{
client.Connect(new IPEndPoint(iP, port));
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)(() => Log.Items.Add(ex.Message)));
return;
}
netStream = client.GetStream();
String path = "D:\\testingEnv\\test1\\testing\\Matematika\\2017\\Školsko\\2017-SS-skolsko-B-1234-zad.pdf";
String Filename = Path.GetFileName(path);
// We wish to send some data in advance:
// File name, file size, number of packets, send start and send end
byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
// First packet contains: name size, file name, file size and "sendStart" signal
byte[] nameSize = BitConverter.GetBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(Filename)); // Int
byte[] nameB = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Filename);
byte[] fileSize = BitConverter.GetBytes(data.Length);
byte[] start = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("sendStart");
// Last packet constains: "sendEnd" signal to stop reading netStream
byte[] end = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("sendEnd");
// Creating the first package: nameSize, fileName, fileSize and start signal
byte[] FirstPackage = new byte[4 + nameB.Length + 4 + 9];
nameSize.CopyTo(FirstPackage, 0);
nameB.CopyTo(FirstPackage, 4);
fileSize.CopyTo(FirstPackage, 4 + nameB.Length);
start.CopyTo(FirstPackage, 4 + nameB.Length + 4);
// Send the first pckage
netStream.Write(FirstPackage, 0, FirstPackage.Length);
byte[] buffer = new byte[30];
// Read the response
netStream.Read(buffer, 0, 11);
netStream.Close();
client.Close();
}
A friend tried to port forward the port 13000 but it didn't work either. We even tried with the firewall being down but nothing. I searched on the internet but couldn't find any solutions to the problem.
One thing to note is that both functions are in the same application. I don't know if that is the cause of the problem.
Does anyone know how what is the problem here?
Thanks in advance
Have you tried to connect to your server with telnet ? "telnet localhost 13000" or from other computer with correct ip and address nbr ? Try that while debugging your server code. If telnet works, then client code has some problem..