No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it(selenium)

Question

I have extracted the following code from selenium IDE.(c# remote control)

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Thr         


        

Answer 1

"...the target machine actively refused it" means the server could be reached and responded within the timeout, but the specified port wasn't open. This can have several reasons, e.g. a local firewall blocking the connection. Are you sure the server is listening on the right IP/port?