webrequest.getresponse timeout not working

[Steve]

Hi All

I have a windows forms application in VB.net 2008

My app can send SMS appt reminders via an SMS website

One of the first tasks is to read their account balance with the SMS company
as it is works on prepaid credits only

When I try to connect using the following code at the GetResponse call there
is no timeout happening after 5 Seconds if the web site is unreachable

It takes approx 30 seconds before the method call returns with connection
timed out

My understanding is the WebRequest.Timeout property should cause the method
call to abort after 5 seconds if no response has been received

Partial Code....---------------------------
Dim url As String =
"http://www.smsglobal.com.au/http-api.php?action=balancesms&user=" &
globalsmsuser & "&password=" & globalsmspwd

myWebRequest = Net.WebRequest.Create(url)

myWebRequest.Timeout = 5000

myWebRequest.Credentials = Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

myWebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse() ***************** hangs here

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Am I doing something wrong?

Regards

Steve

 

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