This is the output from snoop, as far as i can tell we are trying to send the MAC to the remote server and it fails to connect to the remote port within the required time, which causes the script to fail. This is the example from a failure: 
IP1 -> sat03-ce2 TCP D=5000 S=56412     Ack=2181156585 Seq=3603286738 
+Len=0 Win=49640
sat03-ce2 -> IP1 TCP D=56394 S=5000 Fin Ack=1768367342 Seq=1949488034 
+Len=0 Win=24820
IP1 -> sat03-ce2 TCP D=5000 S=56394     Ack=1949488035 Seq=1768367342 
+Len=0 Win=49640
sat03-ce2 -> IP1 TCP D=56398 S=5000 Fin Ack=2343943522 Seq=3248338299 
+Len=0 Win=24820
IP1 -> sat03-ce2 TCP D=5000 S=56398     Ack=3248338300 Seq=2343943522 
+Len=0 Win=49640
sat03-ce2 -> IP1 TCP D=56400 S=5000 Fin Ack=2222230736 Seq=3317204210 
+Len=0 Win=24820

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This is the example from a successful message: 
IP1 -> sat00-ce2 TCP D=5555 S=56377     Ack=2308315944 Seq=2692239599 
+Len=0 Win=49640
IP1 -> sat00-ce2 TCP D=5555 S=56395     Ack=3480489146 Seq=2257027015 
+Len=0 Win=49640
IP1 -> sat00-ce2 TCP D=5555 S=56413 Syn Seq=1640347427 Len=0 Win=49640
+ Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK>

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In reply to Re^2: session expiry by trelane
in thread session expiry by trelane

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