Can't connect remotely to MSDE 2000 DB on WinXP Home Machine

Hi All
Having 'Google-ised' I've found that there does appear to be a problem
connecting to an MSDE 2000 DB from a remote machine (either LAN or WAN), but
I haven't found what the concrete solution is.
It definitely appears to be a Windows inflicted problem, as I can connect to
the DB no problem if I create and connect to the ODBC DSN on the same
machine as the MSDE installation and if I use a remote Apple Mac machine to
connect to it via a combo of a router program and the local ODBC DSN then it
works fine.
I have also eliminated the other possibilities by disabling all of the
firewalls (ie Windows' own and Norton) and ultimately when I put the full
blown version of SQL Server on the same machine the remote connection works
perfectly.
Looking through the sites it appears that you have to put
DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 in the setup ini of the MSDE installer, but my
queries are:
Is it a problem with the original MSDE 2000 installer being installed on a
WinXP SP2 machine or just a later version, ie MSDE SP3?
Is it that no MSDE 2000 installer will work on WinXP SP2 when they did on
SP1?
Can you use this DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 command on the original MSDE 2000
installer or do you have to update it to Service Pack 3 to perform this
task?
Is it DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 or DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1?
Is there anyway of patching/fixing this installation to correct it or have I
got to de-tach the DBs and re-install MSDE with this
DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 switch in the ini?
Thanks
Hi
If you have not service packed the MSDE installation what is @.@.VERSION?
Use DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 if you want to have the protocols
automatically enabled on a new installation see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...stsql_84xl.asp
for more.
You can enable them afterwards by running the command utility svrnetcn.exe
John
"Macsicarr" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> Having 'Google-ised' I've found that there does appear to be a problem
> connecting to an MSDE 2000 DB from a remote machine (either LAN or WAN),
> but
> I haven't found what the concrete solution is.
> It definitely appears to be a Windows inflicted problem, as I can connect
> to
> the DB no problem if I create and connect to the ODBC DSN on the same
> machine as the MSDE installation and if I use a remote Apple Mac machine
> to
> connect to it via a combo of a router program and the local ODBC DSN then
> it
> works fine.
> I have also eliminated the other possibilities by disabling all of the
> firewalls (ie Windows' own and Norton) and ultimately when I put the full
> blown version of SQL Server on the same machine the remote connection
> works
> perfectly.
> Looking through the sites it appears that you have to put
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 in the setup ini of the MSDE installer, but my
> queries are:
> Is it a problem with the original MSDE 2000 installer being installed on a
> WinXP SP2 machine or just a later version, ie MSDE SP3?
> Is it that no MSDE 2000 installer will work on WinXP SP2 when they did on
> SP1?
> Can you use this DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 command on the original MSDE
> 2000
> installer or do you have to update it to Service Pack 3 to perform this
> task?
> Is it DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 or DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1?
> Is there anyway of patching/fixing this installation to correct it or have
> I
> got to de-tach the DBs and re-install MSDE with this
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 switch in the ini?
> Thanks
>
>
|||Hi John
My version of MSDE is:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.194 (Intel X86)
Aug 6 2000 00:57:48
Copyright (c) 1988-2000 Microsoft Corporation
Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)
But I still can't get a remote LAN or WAN machine to connect to my MSDE
installation. It still says SQL Server does not exist or access denied,
even though local machine use is fine and I have no firewall security on to
block it.
I've even run the Server Network Utility (svrnetcn.exe) that you suggested
and found that Named Pipes and TCP/IP are already enabled and ready to go.
What am I doing wrong?
"John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi
If you have not service packed the MSDE installation what is @.@.VERSION?
Use DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 if you want to have the protocols
automatically enabled on a new installation see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...stsql_84xl.asp
for more.
You can enable them afterwards by running the command utility svrnetcn.exe
John
"Macsicarr" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:uW2w$E5jFHA.3064@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi All
> Having 'Google-ised' I've found that there does appear to be a problem
> connecting to an MSDE 2000 DB from a remote machine (either LAN or WAN),
> but
> I haven't found what the concrete solution is.
> It definitely appears to be a Windows inflicted problem, as I can connect
> to
> the DB no problem if I create and connect to the ODBC DSN on the same
> machine as the MSDE installation and if I use a remote Apple Mac machine
> to
> connect to it via a combo of a router program and the local ODBC DSN then
> it
> works fine.
> I have also eliminated the other possibilities by disabling all of the
> firewalls (ie Windows' own and Norton) and ultimately when I put the full
> blown version of SQL Server on the same machine the remote connection
> works
> perfectly.
> Looking through the sites it appears that you have to put
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 in the setup ini of the MSDE installer, but my
> queries are:
> Is it a problem with the original MSDE 2000 installer being installed on a
> WinXP SP2 machine or just a later version, ie MSDE SP3?
> Is it that no MSDE 2000 installer will work on WinXP SP2 when they did on
> SP1?
> Can you use this DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 command on the original MSDE
> 2000
> installer or do you have to update it to Service Pack 3 to perform this
> task?
> Is it DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 or DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1?
> Is there anyway of patching/fixing this installation to correct it or have
> I
> got to de-tach the DBs and re-install MSDE with this
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 switch in the ini?
> Thanks
>
>
|||I've just checked the log and it still doesn't state that it's using TCP/IP
even though the network util only has TCP/IP in the right-hand box:
2005-07-25 18:42:40.29 server SQL Server is starting at priority class
'normal'(1 CPU detected).
2005-07-25 18:42:40.60 server SQL Server configured for thread mode
processing.
2005-07-25 18:42:40.60 server Using dynamic lock allocation. [500] Lock
Blocks, [1000] Lock Owner Blocks.
2005-07-25 18:42:40.62 spid3 Starting up database 'master'.
2005-07-25 18:42:41.04 server Using 'SSNETLIB.DLL' version '8.0.194'.
2005-07-25 18:42:41.07 spid5 Starting up database 'model'.
2005-07-25 18:42:41.12 spid3 Server name is 'FREDPC'.
2005-07-25 18:42:41.12 spid3 Skipping startup of clean database id 4
2005-07-25 18:42:41.12 spid3 Skipping startup of clean database id 5
2005-07-25 18:42:41.35 spid5 Clearing tempdb database.
2005-07-25 18:42:42.54 spid5 Starting up database 'tempdb'.
2005-07-25 18:42:42.65 spid3 Recovery complete.
2005-07-25 18:42:56.09 server SQL server listening on Shared Memory,
Named Pipes. <<<<
2005-07-25 18:42:56.09 server SQL Server is ready for client connections
2005-07-25 18:43:17.17 spid51 Starting up database 'DemoData'.
2005-07-25 19:08:22.85 spid3 SQL Server is terminating due to 'stop'
request from Service Control Manager.
What am I doing wrong?
"Macsicarr" <No3@.Spam67.com> wrote in message
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Hi John
My version of MSDE is:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.194 (Intel X86)
Aug 6 2000 00:57:48
Copyright (c) 1988-2000 Microsoft Corporation
Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)
But I still can't get a remote LAN or WAN machine to connect to my MSDE
installation. It still says SQL Server does not exist or access denied,
even though local machine use is fine and I have no firewall security on to
block it.
I've even run the Server Network Utility (svrnetcn.exe) that you suggested
and found that Named Pipes and TCP/IP are already enabled and ready to go.
What am I doing wrong?
"John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O6Rcs%237jFHA.2644@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Hi
If you have not service packed the MSDE installation what is @.@.VERSION?
Use DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 if you want to have the protocols
automatically enabled on a new installation see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...stsql_84xl.asp
for more.
You can enable them afterwards by running the command utility svrnetcn.exe
John
"Macsicarr" <nospam@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:uW2w$E5jFHA.3064@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi All
> Having 'Google-ised' I've found that there does appear to be a problem
> connecting to an MSDE 2000 DB from a remote machine (either LAN or WAN),
> but
> I haven't found what the concrete solution is.
> It definitely appears to be a Windows inflicted problem, as I can connect
> to
> the DB no problem if I create and connect to the ODBC DSN on the same
> machine as the MSDE installation and if I use a remote Apple Mac machine
> to
> connect to it via a combo of a router program and the local ODBC DSN then
> it
> works fine.
> I have also eliminated the other possibilities by disabling all of the
> firewalls (ie Windows' own and Norton) and ultimately when I put the full
> blown version of SQL Server on the same machine the remote connection
> works
> perfectly.
> Looking through the sites it appears that you have to put
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 in the setup ini of the MSDE installer, but my
> queries are:
> Is it a problem with the original MSDE 2000 installer being installed on a
> WinXP SP2 machine or just a later version, ie MSDE SP3?
> Is it that no MSDE 2000 installer will work on WinXP SP2 when they did on
> SP1?
> Can you use this DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 command on the original MSDE
> 2000
> installer or do you have to update it to Service Pack 3 to perform this
> task?
> Is it DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 or DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1?
> Is there anyway of patching/fixing this installation to correct it or have
> I
> got to de-tach the DBs and re-install MSDE with this
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 switch in the ini?
> Thanks
>
>
|||Hi
You need to make sure that TCP/IP is in the client protocols (using the
client network configuration utitilty on the client) as well as on the
server. You may want to try pinging the server from the client. If it
responds try using telnet to connect to the port you are using (the
default port is 1433).
You @.@.VERSION shows that no patches or service packs have been
installed. http://www.sqlsecurity.com/DesktopDe...aspx?tabid=37.
John