Re: WARN: Error initializing server .NET 4.5 (ID: 11): System.Net.Sockets.SocketException

A SocketException is thrown by the Socket and Dns classes when an error occurs with the network. Most of the time these are connectivity issues due to different IP protocols (IPV4/IPV6) between the two server/computers trying to communicate or extra authentication rules setup on one of the computers for in/out connectivity.

Ways to troubleshoot the issue are, check you have proper internet connection is there on your machine or not, and you are able to ping the remote server or not. Possible causes for the error:

• You are using the wrong IP address.
• You are using the wrong port.
• Firewall blocking the connection.