Connecting to SBS SQL via Remote VPN (VB Application)

Hi,
Dont really know if this is the place to ask but here goes...
I have written a VB application that talks to various SQL2000 Tables. But i
need to expand the VB App to work on a laptop thats remotely connected by VP
N.
Even though the laptop is connected via VPN and can use server applications
it cannot see the SQL server? and produces (can find it errors).
Is there anything i need to do to the sql server to allow outside
connections or to the ISA firewall etc etc.
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards
TIMIf you know that your VPN connection is working correctly, then next try
connecting to the database server using it's IP and port as the data source:
http://www.carlprothman.net/Default...derForSQLServer
If that doesn't work, then speak with your DBA and/or network admin. Perhaps
the following is relevent to your situation:
How To Use ADO to Connect to a SQL Server That Is Behind a Firewall
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;en-us;Q269882
INF: TCP Ports Needed for Communication to SQL Server Through a Firewall
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;q287932
"TIM" <TIM@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C10D5F9D-F628-4B57-9EF3-707C9E621DA9@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Dont really know if this is the place to ask but here goes...
> I have written a VB application that talks to various SQL2000 Tables. But
> i
> need to expand the VB App to work on a laptop thats remotely connected by
> VPN.
> Even though the laptop is connected via VPN and can use server
> applications
> it cannot see the SQL server? and produces (can find it errors).
> Is there anything i need to do to the sql server to allow outside
> connections or to the ISA firewall etc etc.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Regards
> TIMsqlsql

connecting to MSDE on Windows 2003 SBS Server

I have an application (Point of Sale System) that utilizes a MSDE
database. The server came loaded with MSDE instances already and I
installed one for the POS System. The client PCs can see the other 3
MSDE instances, but cannot see the one I installed. Any ideas on how
the new instance can appear on the network. The new instance was not
named. The other three were named instances of MSDE.
hi,
auschnet@.gmail.com wrote:
> I have an application (Point of Sale System) that utilizes a MSDE
> database. The server came loaded with MSDE instances already and I
> installed one for the POS System. The client PCs can see the other 3
> MSDE instances, but cannot see the one I installed. Any ideas on how
> the new instance can appear on the network. The new instance was not
> named. The other three were named instances of MSDE.
please verify the required/desired network protocols are enabled... MSDE
installs by default disabling them and you can override this behavior
providing the
DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0
parameter to the setup.exe boostrap installer, or later, at run time, using
the Server Network Utility (svrnetcn.exe) and enabling the preferred network
protocol..
additionally, WinXP sp2 ships with a built-in Firewall that's enabled by
default, preventing network connections to... if this is a case, you have to
specify an exception for the service or for the MSDE used port, usually
specifying a subnet or individual remot IP addreses to restrict
connections...
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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