|  | Posted by Danny on 10/26/05 14:18 
To test if you can connect via TCP to the server without worring about SQL Security.  Try
 
 telnet ipaddressofserver port
 
 example:
 telnet myserver 1433
 
 
 "Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
 news:Xns96FAF41F024F1Yazorman@127.0.0.1...
 > N. Graves (ngraves@REMOVEyahoo.com) writes:
 >> I'm having trouble with an ODBC User that can't connect to 2003
 >> Windows Server with SQL2000.
 >>
 >> The ODBC fails when he tries to contact with TCP client connection.
 >> When I view the Network Connection it is displaying TCP is checked,
 >> but when I view the error log is doesn't display that it is listening
 >> for TCP.
 >>
 >> Is there any way to prove that my TCP connections are working
 >> correctly or a way to make sure that my SQL server is listening for
 >> TCP?
 >
 > When you are saying Network Connection, do you mean the Server Network
 > Utility?
 >
 > Note that if you make a change here, it does not have effect until
 > you restart the server.
 >
 > And, of course, watch out for Windows Firewall.
 >
 >
 > --
 > Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
 >
 > Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
 > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp
 >
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