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“The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive” when running WGET, CURL or Invoke-WebRequest on Windows in Powershell

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Hi everyone! It has been awhile since I have posted here. Mostly because I have not run into any frustrating issues recently. However this problem really racked my brain until I figured it out. I was troubleshooting an issue where connecting to a site using any of the PowerShell commands to get web data triggered … Continue reading “The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive” when running WGET, CURL or Invoke-WebRequest on Windows in Powershell

Test-NetConnection – excellent replacement for Telnet, Ping and Tracert Testing

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Microsoft continues to add functionality to PowerShell, however unless you specifically keep up with PowerShell, you're unlikely to realize what these updates are and how convenient they make life (compared to the previous/status quo). When testing TCP port connection, most people think immediately of telnet. While it works OK to let you know if a … Continue reading Test-NetConnection – excellent replacement for Telnet, Ping and Tracert Testing