Symptoms

When trying to connect to my Perforce Server, the following exception occurs:

com.perforce.api.CommitException java.io.IOException:
Perforce client error: Connect to server failed; check $P4PORT.
TCP connect to 192.168.0.79:2128 failed. connect: 192.168.0.79:2128: WSAETIMEDOUT

Cause

Your Perforce server is slow to respond and has timed out.

Resolution

Check that you can access it remotely from the command-line using p4. Ensure that the port that your Perforce server is running on is not blocked by your firewall or anti-virus software.

Search the Perforce troubleshooting documentation for the error code WSAETIMEDOUT for more possible solutions.