[libRETS-users] Getting "curl error #7 (couldn't connect to server)" error from live web server (but not localhost)

[Dave Dribin]

On Jan 3, 2007, at 9:21 PM, <Tech at ZolMedia.com> <Tech at ZolMedia.com>  
wrote:
> I'm using the .NET version of libRETS.
>
> I have a web app (vb.net 2003) that, when run on my localhost web  
> server, successfully logs into both the test Joe Schmoe MLS account  
> and my personal MLS account.
>
> However, when I put the web app on my live host (Shared ASP.NET 2.0  
> hosting at CrystalTech.com), I get the following error (for either  
> MLS account):
> curl error #7 (couldn't connect to server): couldn't connect to host
> Does this likely mean that CrystalTech is blocking the connection?

This means that the server name and port refused the connection.  The  
server name or port could be incorrect.  Or the server actually  
blocked it.  No way to tell, really, as the result is all the same.   
You could break out Wireshark, and check out what's going on at the  
TCP/IP layer.

-Dave