Slow Http client calls from ASP.NET 2.0 Make sure you check your Proxy Settings!
Posted by: Rick Strahls WebLog,
on 14 Dec 2005 |
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I posted about this issue before indirectly, but I think it bears repeating as a dedicated topic. I've seen a fair number of questions about this on various forums recently.
The problem: You're using some sort of HTTP client from an ASP.NET 2.0 or low rights .NET 2.0 application and it's very slow to connect to a Web server to retrieve HTTP content. This could be with WebRequest, WebClient, XmlDom/Reader or a Web Service Client.
In .NET 2.0 the default proxy configuration...