
This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. There tools are easy to find in the Microsoft Download Center. To make sure you have properly configured SQL Server Browser Services, you can use PortQry.exe, PortQryUI.exe You need to enable SQL Server Browser Services if the following are both true:ġ. SQL Server is not listening on default 1433 port or not use default pipe nameĢ. The corresponding TCP port or pipe name is not specified in the connection string (such as Srv1\SQL2008, 1500).īy the way, if you have enabled SQL Server Browser Services, you still need to open UDP 1434 port which is used by Browser Services in the Windows firewall. For detailed information about how to configure Windows Firewall to allow SQL Server, please check Seeing that we do not use one to access it, chances are very slim. The chance of it being newsleecher is pretty slim considering software can't stop authentication at a server level unless the username and password is wrong.

The ping command may be block by the firewall, make sure ICMP is enabled inĬ. Configure Windows firewall accordingly based on what protocol you have chosen to use. I will give that a crack tonight but I had reinstalled newsleecher and cleaned out the app data. Here is the Basic steps to check before making a connection (remotely)Ī. Check the server on which SQL Server is running can be accessible.
