Why does authenticating against LDAP with DirectoryEntry intermittently throw COMException (0x8007203A): “The server is not operational”?

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I\'m building an ASP.NET website which needs to support authentication against LDAP.

Answer 1

I read something about the checking with NETSTAT and checking the states of active connections. a TIME WAIT multiples could indicate an issue with ports redirection. Nonetheless, am getting the same error for past 3 days. I've asked the network administrator to modify my permissions, and even that didn't help. The article discussing this in more details: C# .NET Application looses Connection to the Active Directory