wget gets Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers

Question

I searched a lot but no solution helped me with this problem where I get this error constantly.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers. Retrying.

I tried the following inputs.

wget url
wget -O url
wget -O url username="user" password="pass" host="host" (something like this)

I am just trying to download html from a secure website page but all the time it shows the error. So I tried to download any web page but still not working. Is it any server configuration problem?

Elitism

Can you ping the destination? – Sicilia

Try cURL, there may be restrictions based on user-agent – Wang

Usually user-agent filtering gives an error. Connection reset by peer is usually network issues. – Sicilia

Thank You. let me try. @Tripp, yes I can ping. – Elitism

I tried curl. but it shows same error. @Wang – Elitism

@GLYusuf but you can load this url with your desktop browser, right? – Wang

Answer 1

This error can occur if you access a website via HTTP but it's trying to redirect you to HTTPS

So if your command was

wget http://url

Try changing it to

wget https://url

Livialivid

Answer 2

I encountered a similar issue today, our IT team suggests to use "https" over "http" in the url and use "wget --no-check-certificate", it worked for me.

Websites may stop serving the unencrypted http transfer at some point, which might lead to the issue.

Bridgman

Answer 3

try with "sudo" privilege, it worked for me.

sudo wget url

Muliebrity

Answer 4

This following command works form me.

wget -O test.html http://url --auth-no-challenge --force-directories

Elitism