request.GetResponse() Timeout - httpresponse

Question

Waker.cs
class Waker
{
Timer timer;
public Waker()
{
timer = null;
}
public void WakeUpApplicationPool(object obj)
{
string url = "http://www.example.com";
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
Program.LogToFile("WakeUpApplicationPool: " + response.StatusDescription);
response.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Program.LogToFile("WakeUpApplicationPool_Error: " + ex.ToString());
}
}
public void Start()
{
TimerCallback callback = new TimerCallback(WakeUpApplicationPool);
int DUE_TIME = 0; //The amount of time to delay before the callback parameter invokes its methods.
int PERIOD = int.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["WakerIntervalPeriod"]); //The time interval (miliseconds) between invocations of the methods referenced by callback
timer = new Timer(callback, null, DUE_TIME, PERIOD);
}
public void Stop()
{
timer.Dispose();
}
}
Program.cs:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Waker waker = new Waker();
waker.Start();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
LogToFile(ex.ToString());
}
}
Log file:
15 Apr 2015 18:29:39 - WakeUpApplicationPool: OK
15 Apr 2015 18:31:39 - WakeUpApplicationPool: OK
15 Apr 2015 18:33:59 - WakeUpApplicationPool_Error: System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: 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 205.144.171.35:80
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at ConsoleReporting.Waker.WakeUpApplicationPool(Object obj)
15 Apr 2015 18:35:39 - WakeUpApplicationPool: OK
15 Apr 2015 18:37:39 - WakeUpApplicationPool: OK
15 Apr 2015 18:41:18 - WakeUpApplicationPool_Error: System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at ConsoleReporting.Waker.WakeUpApplicationPool(Object obj)
15 Apr 2015 18:43:18 - WakeUpApplicationPool_Error: System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at ConsoleReporting.Waker.WakeUpApplicationPool(Object obj)
15 Apr 2015 18:45:18 - WakeUpApplicationPool_Error: System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at ConsoleReporting.Waker.WakeUpApplicationPool(Object obj)
15 Apr 2015 18:47:18 - WakeUpApplicationPool_Error: System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at ConsoleReporting.Waker.WakeUpApplicationPool(Object obj)
The problem is:
My code is not working after it hit the Timed Out error. But after I restart the Program.exe, it is working again but it hit the Timed Out error after 10 minutes.
I want to use this Program.exe to wake up my application pool which hosted at hosting provider.
So could anyone tell the reason and solution is? I referred this,but it is not working for my code either

Answer 1

The problem is solved after I set the WakerIntervalPeriod to 10 minutes instead of 5 minuets.