Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!rt.uk.eu.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruno Campanini Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-sqlserver Subject: Re: Unable to connect Client to SQL Server Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:10:29 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: brunocam@libero.it NNTP-Posting-Host: //uEY67TBfFY4BQmJwuR4g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb X-ICQ: 1701145376 Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:1722 After serious thinking Erland Sommarskog wrote : > Bruno Campanini (brunocam@libero.it) writes: >> Nothing new, even with command line. >> > > So even if you said tcp:SERVER you got which error? I get Connection string is not valid [67] Server not found or not accessible With sqlcmd -S server -H 192.168.1.202 -U xxx -P yyy I get Server not found or not accessible Firewaal is disabled SQL Server Browser is enabled and started Protocol IP is enabled I can connect SQL Server from within the same PC, but not from a remote PC: not with sqlcmd not from within Access not with a remote SQL Server Management Studio I'm just becoming crazy!!! Bruno