Do you have a DHCP server on your network? It's not something as simple as the XP guest OS has a different IP now is it?
-----Original Message----- From: Anne Porosoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 7:00 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CF Suddenly Can't Connect to VMWare Fusion Instance of SQL Server 2005 I played some more with VMWare this evening and it looks like I can't access the guest from the host at all. At this point I'm out of ideas and it seems like it might be easier just to reinstall VMWare and XP. Although I'm hoping I have an epiphany before it comes to that (grin) > Dave, > > You reminded me of a couple of things I forgot to mention. I did turn > off the Windows Firewall and Windows Defender to make sure they > weren't the culprit and that did not solve the issue. I also tried to > access the localhost on the guest from the Mac but was unable to get > to the localhost, nevertheless, an error was not thrown. That last > part I need to revisit because I really should have gotten some sort > of an error about the server not being found. > > Thanks, > --Anne > > > > 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:317019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
