[olug] SQL Server Connectivity issues

[aric at omahax.com]

Sorry, I'll quite being a jerk. can you telnet to port 1433?

> Hello,
>
> I know this is a linux group but i was wondering if I could pick your
> brains
> on a work issue I have been here at hotlines. I have 2 servers, Windows
> Server 2000, and windows server 2003, both only running SQL Server 2005.
> from a mix of clients of XP, and windows 7. I am having issues connecting
> to
> the windows 2000 machine over MS Auth or SQL Auth. anyone know anything
> which would cause this? All firewalls were both disabled and enabled
> trying
> to get it work, as well as exceptions added for the application to access
> the database. after lots of googling i decided we might have enough
> know-how
> to finger this out. The error i get states "This SQL server does not
> exist"
> when I auth into it, from either Administrator or SA logins... anyone have
> this issue before. seems the issue is more with windows 7 than XP
> though...
> (*hates MS)... :)
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