ruby networking problem windows

i am controlling windows xp flush 1.8.6 patchlevel 111. i am controlling http bond remote server controlling fine. remarkable started by difference listed next (i change any formula given final i ran successfully). does anybody know going on?

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:54:in `rbuf_fill': execution lapsed (timeout::e
rror)  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:132:in `rbuf_fill'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2029:in `read_status_line'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2018:in `read_new'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1059:in `request'  
         ... 19 levels...  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:216:in `run'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit/autorunner.rb:12:in `run'  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:278  
        c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader
.rb:5  
rake aborted!  
command unsuccessful station (3): [c:/ruby/bin/ruby -ilib;test "c:/ruby/lib/r...]