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10064 "Host is down."

WSAEHOSTDOWN (Winsock error number: 10064)

Microsoft say this about Winsock error 10064 - WSAEHOSTDOWN:

A socket operation failed because the destination host is down. A socket operation encountered a dead host. Networking activity on the local host has not been initiated. These conditions are more likely to be indicated by the error WSAETIMEDOUT.

Full details of Winsock TCP error 10064 - WSAEHOSTDOWN:

Berkeley description: A socket operation failed because the destination host was down. A socket operation encountered a dead host. Networking activity on the local host has not been initiated.

WinSock description: No equivalent. The only time a WinSock might use this error--at least with a TCP/IP implementation of WinSock--it fails a function with other errors (for example, WSAETIMEDOUT).

See also: WSAECONNABORTED, WSAECONNRESET, WSAENETRESET, WSAETIMEDOUT
   
This page is designed to help you to understand Winsock TCP error 10064. It will not necessarily mean you can instantly fix issues when your computer tells you that Winsock is having problems with code 10064, rather it will give you the necessary background information to help solve the matter.

Programming declarations for 10064 (WSAEHOSTDOWN):

C#
long WSAEHOSTDOWN = 10064 ;

VB.net
Dim WSAEHOSTDOWN As Long = 10064

VB6
Dim WSAEHOSTDOWN As Long
WSAEHOSTDOWN = 10064