We are trying to deploy a new TCP client to production, after it has been successful working against a test server. Only with production server, it succeeds 1 or 2 TCP sessions, but after that it always fails on connection attempt (SYN) which does not reach our application. The client runs on Linux. The server is a Windows Server 2008 R2, and our application on it is a Windows Server. Please see packet summaries below, listing the end of the successful stream followed by the connection failure (2 last packets). Is the 'successful' stream not terminated correctly? Who's to 'blame' for the fault - server or client? Sorry for the text format of the packets, but I cannot upload a file because I don't have 60 points yet...
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info
864 11:31:30.264304 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=116465 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446107752 TSecr=157591
865 11:31:30.264314 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 66 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=117803 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=157694 TSecr=1446107752
866 11:31:30.333751 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=117803 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446107752 TSecr=157591
867 11:31:30.512690 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 [TCP Previous segment not captured] 50123 → 4770 [PSH, ACK] Seq=120479 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446107932 TSecr=157609
868 11:31:30.512702 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 78 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=119141 Win=64512 Len=0 TSval=157719 TSecr=1446107752 SLE=120479 SRE=121817
869 11:31:30.768113 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 [TCP Previous segment not captured] 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=124493 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446108262 TSecr=157642
870 11:31:30.768124 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 86 [TCP Dup ACK 868#1] 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=119141 Win=64512 Len=0 TSval=157744 TSecr=1446107752 SLE=124493 SRE=125831 SLE=120479 SRE=121817
871 11:31:30.879825 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 710 [TCP Previous segment not captured] 50123 → 4770 [FIN, PSH, ACK] Seq=127169 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=644 TSval=1446108262 TSecr=157642
872 11:31:30.879838 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 94 [TCP Dup ACK 868#2] 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=119141 Win=64512 Len=0 TSval=157756 TSecr=1446107752 SLE=127169 SRE=127813 SLE=124493 SRE=125831 SLE=120479 SRE=121817
873 11:31:30.954892 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 [TCP Out-Of-Order] 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=119141 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446109278 TSecr=157744
874 11:31:30.954908 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 86 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=121817 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=157763 TSecr=1446109278 SLE=127169 SRE=127813 SLE=124493 SRE=125831
875 11:31:31.148762 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 [TCP Out-Of-Order] 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=123155 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446109390 TSecr=157756
876 11:31:31.148773 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 86 [TCP Dup ACK 874#1] 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=121817 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=157782 TSecr=1446109278 SLE=123155 SRE=125831 SLE=127169 SRE=127813
877 11:31:33.688828 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 [TCP Retransmission] 50123 → 4770 [PSH, ACK] Seq=121817 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446112064 TSecr=157782
878 11:31:33.688840 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 78 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=125831 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=158036 TSecr=1446112064 SLE=127169 SRE=127813
879 11:31:33.830142 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 1404 [TCP Retransmission] 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=125831 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=1338 TSval=1446112204 TSecr=158036
880 11:31:33.830155 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 66 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=127814 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=158051 TSecr=1446112204
881 11:31:33.830193 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 66 4770 → 50123 [FIN, ACK] Seq=1 Ack=127814 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=158051 TSecr=1446112204
882 11:31:33.869158 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 710 [TCP Spurious Retransmission] 50123 → 4770 [FIN, PSH, ACK] Seq=127169 Ack=1 Win=29312 Len=644 TSval=1446112204 TSecr=158036
883 11:31:33.869167 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 78 [TCP Dup ACK 880#1] 4770 → 50123 [ACK] Seq=2 Ack=127814 Win=66048 Len=0 TSval=158054 TSecr=1446112204 SLE=127169 SRE=127813
884 11:31:33.888837 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 66 50123 → 4770 [ACK] Seq=127814 Ack=2 Win=29312 Len=0 TSval=1446112348 TSecr=158051
885 11:45:28.160099 10.211.12.236 192.168.33.99 TCP 74 50124 → 4770 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=29200 Len=0 MSS=1360 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=1446945766 TSecr=0 WS=128
886 11:45:28.160109 192.168.33.99 10.211.12.236 TCP 54 4770 → 50124 [RST, ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=0 Len=0