After running netstat -i

ssh prompt: netstat -i
Kernel Interface table
Iface   MTU Met   RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR   TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-
+OVR Flg
Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (Permission denied). Limited output
+.
missing interface information: Permission denied
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I tried to higher to timeout value but it will still timeout. If it doesn't work right away, it's not going to work. However, I am calling these subroutines from links in a html page. If I click a link an nothing happens within approx. 2 seconds, I click it again and again. eventually it will work. It might be on the second, third or ninth try..., but it will finally connect

No luck with the loop either, same problem.

While waiting for the timeout error, I used ping on the windows server with the following result:

148 packets transmitted, 148 packets received,
0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.2/0.2/0.3 ms
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