WCF Service error received when using TCP: "The message could not be dispatched..."
- by StM
I am new to creating WCF services. I have created a WCF web service in VS2008 that is running on IIS 7. When I use http the service works perfectly. When I configure the service for TCP and run I get the following error message.
There was a communication problem. The
message could not be dispatched
because the service at the endpoint
address
'net:tcp://elec:9090/CoordinateIdTool_Tcp/IdToolService.svc
is unavailable for the protocol of the
address.
I have searched a lot of forums, including this one, for a resolution but nothing has worked. Everything appears to be set up correctly on IIS 7. WAS has been set up to run. The default web site has a net.tcp binding and the application has net.tcp under the enabled protocols.
I am including what I think is the important part of the web.config from the host project and also the app.config from the client project I am using to test the service. Hopefully someone can spot my error. Thanks in advance for any help or recommendations that anyone can provide.
Web.Config
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="wsHttpBindingNoMsgs">
<security mode="None" />
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="CogIDServiceHost.ServiceBehavior"
name="CogIDServiceLibrary.CogIdService">
<endpoint address=""
binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="wsHttpBindingNoMsgs"
contract="CogIDServiceLibrary.CogIdTool">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<endpoint name="CoordinateIdService_TCP"
address="net.tcp://elec:9090/CoordinateIdTool_Tcp/IdToolService.svc"
binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="CogIDServiceLibrary.CogIdTool">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="CogIDServiceHost.ServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
App.Config
<system.serviceModel>
<diagnostics performanceCounters="Off">
<messageLogging logEntireMessage="true" logMalformedMessages="false"
logMessagesAtServiceLevel="false" logMessagesAtTransportLevel="false" />
</diagnostics>
<behaviors />
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="WSHttpBinding_CogIdTool" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
<binding name="wsHttpBindingNoMsg">
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://sdet/CogId_WCF/IdToolService.svc" binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="wsHttpBindingNoMsg" contract="CogIdServiceReference.CogIdTool"
name="IISHostWsHttpBinding">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:1890/IdToolService.svc" binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_CogIdTool" contract="CogIdServiceReference.CogIdTool"
name="WSHttpBinding_CogIdTool">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="http://elec/CoordinateIdTool/IdToolService.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttpBindingNoMsg"
contract="CogIdServiceReference.CogIdTool" name="IIS7HostWsHttpBinding_Elec">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="net.tcp://elec:9090/CoordinateIdTool_Tcp/IdToolService.svc"
binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="CogIdServiceReference.CogIdTool"
name="IIS7HostTcpBinding_Elec" >
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
