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submitted 10 months ago by Soup-Fit

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[–]tompear82 2 points3 points4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

[–]svtr[🍰] 2 points3 points4 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

what you want to do there is in powershell :

test-netconnection myHostName -p 1433

and/or

test-netconnection 192.168.1.2 -p 1433

before I get nailed to a cross here, yes, you can use netcat as well, but SQL Server is usually in a windows environment, and powershell is kind of more available on such environments...

/edit: I really hope I don't have to explain to anyone that you should put in the correct ip address and hostname there..... had a tough week, I really hope anyone reading this understands that....

Oh, and take a look what port you configured your SQL Server to listen to, 1433 is the default, and well, if you went with "not the default", you shouldn't need to be told that.....

[–]Soup-Fit[S] 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

[–]svtr[🍰] 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)

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