Windows Sockets Error – WSAECONNREFUSED 10061

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Windows Socket Error WSAECONNREFUSED
10061 returned by the WSAGetLastError function in Windows as well a quick description about the error

Windows Socket Error Code

WSAECONNREFUSED
10061

Windows Socket Error Description

Connection refused.
No connection could be made because the target computer actively refused it. This usually results from trying to connect to a service that is inactive on the foreign host—that is, one with no server application running.