TCPConnect timeout yet telnet connects

[Leo2797]

So I have an IP and a port that I'm trying to TCPConnect to but it always returns a timeout error (10060) I tried to run a telnet commant to the same ip port and the listener did get a connection getting sent on the server-side, I even tried typing in the IP:port in my browser and a connection was received but with TCPConnect the server doesn't receive anything and TCPConnect returns a 10060 error

 

is there anything I'm missing? am I supposed to run an autoit script on the server side with TCPAccept with my machine's ip? any ports I need to allow in firewall? everything seems to be working except autoit's TCPConnect, I also tried running the same script onto a computer in the same network and it worked it just doesn't seem to work with real IPs

[Musashi]

24 minutes ago, Leo2797 said:

... am I supposed to run an autoit script on the server side with TCPAccept with my machine's ip?

The Help for TCPConnect (see examples) provides the following information :

; I am the client, start me after the server! (Start first the TCPAccept example script).

[Leo2797]

but why am I able to execute TCPConnect to an ip in my local network (192.168.1.2) for example but not a real ip address

 

also if I need to keep a TCPAccept script open do I need to include my own IP or can I have it accept any ip ever?

[Nine]

It would greatly help if you could provide a code snippet of your TCP server and of your TCP client...

[ripdad]

Best as I can determine what you want from your post...

As long as you are accessing your own internal network, any i.p. can become
accessible, unless it's blocked on the receiving end.

If you are trying to access an external i.p., which is not on the www, then you
will need to get a port opened on Their router to gain access to a computer on
Their network.

Look into "port forwarding".

 

[jdelaney]

AutoItSetOption

 

TCPTimeout

Defines the time before TCP functions stop if no communication. Time in milliseconds before timeout (default=100).

[Leo2797]

On 12/12/2019 at 8:40 PM, Nine said:

It would greatly help if you could provide a code snippet of your TCP server and of your TCP client...

it's a 3rd party program at the server side, all it does is print a connection succeed in the log when I connect, I tried connecting with telnet and it connects fine then I tried doing this with autoit but nothing happens on the server side, I've also tried using the exact same code while running the 3rd party app on my local machine and connected with 127.0.0.1 and it worked with autoit so I was wondering if there's something I need to do on the server side to allow autoit to connect

 

#include <Misc.au3>

TCPStartup()
TCPConnect("255.255.255.0", 16000) ;not the real ip obviously
Sleep(100)
TCPShutdown()

 

[Leo2797]

On 12/12/2019 at 10:58 PM, ripdad said:

Best as I can determine what you want from your post...

As long as you are accessing your own internal network, any i.p. can become
accessible, unless it's blocked on the receiving end.

If you are trying to access an external i.p., which is not on the www, then you
will need to get a port opened on Their router to gain access to a computer on
Their network.

Look into "port forwarding".

 

I tried connecting via telnet or just simply typing in the ip:port in my browser and a connection was received at the server side

[Leo2797]

On 12/13/2019 at 3:28 AM, jdelaney said:

AutoItSetOption

 

TCPTimeout

Defines the time before TCP functions stop if no communication. Time in milliseconds before timeout (default=100).

wow thanks, this actually helped, I've increased the timeout to 10 seconds and it successfully connected, thanks.