HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() hangs the second time it is called

Question

I\'m trying to fetch a series of files via HTTP, using HttpWebRequest. The first request goes through fine, but the second time through the same code GetResponse() hangs and

Answer 1

Make sure you are creating a NEW HttpWebRequest each time. Quote from the MSDN reference on GetResponse method :

Multiple calls to GetResponse return the same response object; the request is not reissued.

Update 1: Ok. How about if you try closing the webResponseStream too - you currently don't do that, you're only closing the webResponse (just trying to rule things out). I'd also dispose of the httpWebResponse too (not just the WebResponse)

Update 2: The only other thing I can suggest is to have a look at the following articles that I looked at when I did something similar to what you're doing:
http://arnosoftwaredev.blogspot.com/2006/09/net-20-httpwebrequestkeepalive-and.html
http://www.devnewsgroups.net/dotnetframework/t10805-exception-with-httpwebrequest-getresponse.aspx

The only noticeable things I do different are:
- set webrequest.KeepAlive = false
- I don't have the connection management stuff in the config (I don't loop round to make a series of requests)