Xenu broken link checker.

error code: 12002 (timeout)

[pmgreen]

I'm running xenu and receive a error code: 12002 (timeout) on pages that resolve. Any idea what is causing this error?

[mattur]

What have you set parallel threads to in options?

It sounds like Xenu is hammering the website with requests, and the site can't keep up so it is returning timeouts. Try setting threads to a low value eg 2.

[pmgreen]

mattur --

Thanks so much, I lowered the thread to 10 and no 12002 errors. Have an new problem though. When there is a search page or dynamic page where a selection is needed, Xenu returns a 404 but the page is there. Any ideas?

[mattur]

Can you explain a bit more? I'm not sure what you mean by dynamic page with a selection returning a 404?

Xenu operates like a SE spider - it will only follow the links in the HTML it finds. So it can't submit a search form or follow a javascript-based redirection.