SignalR requires a JSON parser and ability to send xhr requests (for long polling). If your browser has none, you'll need to include json2.js in your application (SignalR will throw an error telling your you need it as well). You can get it on NuGet.

Also check that the document mode in the IE browser tools isn't set to IE7. You can force IE to use the latest by adding this to your webpage:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />

First, make sure you have a call to MapHubs() in Global.asax.

Please make sure that the Hub route is registered before any other routes in your application.

RouteTable.Routes.MapHubs();

In ASP.NET MVC 4 you can do the following:

<script type="text/javascript" src="~/signalr/hubs"></script>

If you're writing an MVC 3 application, make sure that you are using Url.Content for your script references:

<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/signalr/hubs")"></script>

If you're writing a regular ASP.NET application use ResolveClientUrl for your script references:

<script type="text/javascript" src='<%= ResolveClientUrl("~/signalr/hubs") %>'></script>

If the above still doesn't work, make sure you have RAMMFAR set in your web.config:

<configuration>
   <system.webServer>
        <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
        </modules>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

You can turn logging on client side to see all incoming calls from server to client.

$.connection.hub.logging = true;
$.connection.hub.start();

To see the generated logs, open the console window in the browser tools.

Make sure you're using the latest version of the signalr client (js or .net client).

There can be a couple of reasons for this. The first thing to recognize is that connection.start() is async. To do work after connection.start() (or $.connection.hub.start() if using hubs), specify a callback or use the jQuery deferred object returned to do work directly after start.

See https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR/wiki/SignalR-JS-Client for more details.

If this isn't the problem, there was probably an error during negotiation. To get more information about the exception, view the raw response in your browser tools or fiddler.

If you are doing development with full IIS on Windows 7, there's a built in limitation of 10 concurrent connections. You need to use IIS Express or Windows Server.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15071826/signalr-doesnt-call-client-side-functions/15074002

If you're running the built in visual studio development server, disconnect will never fire (there's a bug in the server implementation that prevents it from working). Use IIS Express or full IIS.

Do you have a folder in your project called signalR at the root? If yes, rename it so something else. The common convention for naming the folder with Hub classes is calling that folder Hubs.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11143220/signalr-groups-filtering-handled-on-client-or-server

https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR/issues/850

SignalR uses a fallback mechanism to connect the browser to the server. After an initial negotiation request the following transports are tried in order until a successful connection can be made:

1. WebSockets (if the both the server and browser indicate they can support websockets)
2. Server Sent Events, aka EventSource (if the browser supports Server Sent Events, which is basically all browsers except Internet Explorer)
3. Forever Frame (for Internet Explorer only)
4. Ajax long polling

WebSockets is the only true full-duplex connection transport. All other transports listed here use the technique/technology named for the incoming data from the server, and standard Ajax POSTs for sends from the client to the server.

Your project fails to build with this error:

The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties:
'Owin.OwinExtensions.MapConnection<T>(Owin.IAppBuilder, string, Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.ConnectionConfiguration)' and 
'Owin.OwinExtensions.MapConnection<T>(Owin.IAppBuilder, string, Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.ConnectionConfiguration)'

The reason is "Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Owin" has been deprecated. You must uninstall the NuGet Package from your project.