Re: Error 908 - Connection Refused on remote server

Posted in 2006

rjwerning@yahoo.com — 22 Sep 2006 07:02:32 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I was able to get this working yesterday. After installing the client SDK I did some testing with the ILoginDemo and DBPing utility. The messages they generated helped point me in the right direction. I did some double checking and realized that I had some differences between the .cmd file they sent me and in the SQLHOSTS registry entry that I had manually created. Once I was sure the connection was valid via dbaccess, I was able to put together a connection string for our application. Thanks for all the help and suggestions. - Rich W. Yunyao (Frank) Qu wrote: > If you just want DBACCESS connected to a remote site, I would say it > should be straight forward. > Having the other server's info in the sqlhosts file, > dbaccess>connection>connect, choose the server...(using trusted, or > providing passwd explicitly...,) , then you are ready to go.> > Frank > > > rjwerning@yahoo.com wrote: > > >Juan Singh wrote: > > > > > >>First, are you confident that you have network connectivity? Try the > >>following > >> > >>telnet RemoteIPAddress RemotePort > >> > >>Note, the remote port usually is 1526 > >> > >>If you see a blank screen that means you have connectivity. > >> > >>Do you have to use DBAccess? I have never tried using DBAccess to > >>connect to a remote machine. The reason I say is because DBAccess might > >>be using an inter-process communication protocol other than TCP/IP. Try > >>using something like WinSQL (http://synametrics.com) to connect and see > >>if you can connect. > > > > > >Juan, > > Thank you for responding. Yes, I have connectivity. Trying your > >telnet suggestion it connected fine. I also am able to VNC into the > >server to verify their configuration. > > > > I just spoke with someone at IBM support, I guess I need the client > >SDK installed. Downloading that now and if that helps out. I also > >downloaded the dbping utility to see if that helps out. > > > >- Rich > > -- > Yunyao "Frank" Qu > Computer Sciences Corporation(CSC) > NOAA/CLASS, (301)817-4696