Connection Refused in HttpURLConnection

Question

Hi all,
i am using the following code for connecting a remote system
try
URL url;
HttpURLConnection urlConn;
System.out.println("1.Connecting....");
url = new URL("http://125.103.83.155:8080/LMSoftware/DBUpdates.jsp?string1="+Processor+"&string2="+HardwareName+"&string3="+NICInt+"&string4="+NICExt+"&string5="+KernalV+"&string6="+KEY);
System.out.println("2.Connected to...http://125.103.83.155:8080");
// create HttpURLConnection
urlConn = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
urlConn.setRequestMethod("POST");
System.out.println("3.created HttpURLConnection");
// output contents
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
urlConn.getInputStream()));
while (true) {
String line = br.readLine();
if (line == null) break;
System.out.println(line);
System.out.println("4.Out put contents Reading Finished");
br.close();
// disconnect
urlConn.disconnect();
catch(Exception e)
System.out.println(e.getMessage()):
after executing the above code
1.Connectig
2.Connected to...http://125.103.83.155:8080
3..created HttpURLConnection
connection refused
is printing but my 4th statement is not executing but i am able to connect the above url through my browser
plzz can any one give me the suggestion
Tks in advance
S.G.R

Answer 1

At the point where you print 'Connected to ...' you aren't connected at all. All you've done so far is create a URL. It's only when you get the input stream that the connection is formed.
I would doublecheck the URL you are using in the code against the URL you claim works in the browser.