> So I have encountered a rather interesting and frustrating problem with my > CF/VMWare/SQL > Server setup on my mac this week. Everything had been working beautifully > until sometime > around December 14/15. Below is the error I receive: > > [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Error establishing socket to host and port: > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1433. Reason: Network is down > > I've gone through and checked my SQL Server settings and TCP/IP is indeed > enabled and it > doesn't appear any of the other settings have been changed. I did notice, > however, that a Windows > update was applied around that time so I rolled back those updates. Alas, I > still can't get a connection. > I can successfully connect to the db via SQL Server Management Studio within > VM and I can > access my localhost on my Mac from VM as well. Needless to say, this is > truly puzzling. Any ideas?
My guess is that this is a VMware problem, or a problem with the Windows firewall you're running within the VM guest. Can you connect using any other tools from the host to the guest's TCP/1433? Can you connect in any way from the host to the guest? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316986 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

