Hi, I installed Parallels Desktop 4124 on my MacBook and everything is working fine except one thing. I can't connect to my MSSQL Server 2000 on the virtualized XP. I don't know what else to do. I am a PHP developer. My application connects to both MSSQL and MYSQL. I am trying to connect using the FreeTds library that came with Xampp. I am trying to connect using the port 1433. I 've already added that port to XP firewall's exception list. Should I do anything else ? PS: When I try to connect using ssh 10.211.55.3 -p 1433 I get connection refused ! This IP is the IP configured to XP when I type ipconfig on the XP's command line. Thanks in advance
I spend most of my days working w/SQL 2000/2005 on XP under Parallels 4128. Never had a problem connecting to a remote database on 1433 or nonstandard ports. Are you using bridged networking? That's often the key to solving mysterious networking problems. By default, shared networking is enabled. Try bridged and see if that helps.
If you use shared networking, you will usually need to configure your ipfw, and possibly natd. The easiest is to just use Bridged Networking like I do for my MSSQL server in our Law Office...
