FTP Timeout takes long time if FTP Server is down

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I have similar problem, stated here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12043174/ftpwebrequest-timeout-too-long[^]
Is there any way to fix this...?

Posted 27-Sep-12 22:52pm

Kumar, Ravikant

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Herman<T>.Instance 28-Sep-12 5:54am

what is a long time? Does the FTP Protocol specify a timelentgh ?

Kumar, Ravikant 28-Sep-12 6:14am

If FTP server is not available then 'request.GetResponse()' method returns after ~20 sec even after setting the 'request.Timeout' value to 3 sec. I want to avoid this 20 sec delay if server is down. Timeout works fine if server is available.

Amund Gjersøe 28-Sep-12 7:37am

When establishing connection, the Timeout is not used. The Timeout is just used when sending and receiving. Start a timer, and abort you connection attempt when your timer has elapsed.

Kumar, Ravikant 28-Sep-12 8:04am

Had a thought abt it. Not a good workaround. Any other way?

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