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caren
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17 years ago

SocketTimeoutException error

Tue May 12 11:36:53 EDT 2009:ERROR:Exception in request: java.lang.Exception: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

This is the error I am receiving on one particular method that I am trying test.  I am testing this behind my company firewall; however, a company we are working with for web front end develoment is also receiving the same message for this particular web method and they are coming in thru our firewall.  The other 19 methods I am testing do not have any problems at all.

I am running SoapUI 2.5.1 trial version.  If someone can let me know if this is a known issue or better yet, a solution to this problem, I would greatly appreciate it.

Caren

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  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    17 years ago
    Hi caren,


    From your post I couldn't understand whether the method that times out is the only one accessed through firewall (by web front end developers and yourself as well).

    At any instance, you could monitor your network traffic and make sure that request is indeed being sent out to the web service methods you're testing. I suggest using:

    • either Apache TCPmon (simpler to use but requires endpoint to be changed to a local address and port)

    • or Wireshark (a bit more complicated and capable but requires no changes to your soapUI project or your web services server)


    Do let us know if you learn more about this problem this way.


    Cheers!
    /Nenad Nikolic a.k.a. Shonzilla