from a purely network point of view PING works if ICMP traffic is allowed do a tracert and find out which intervening node is rerouting the traffic you might have something funky on the routing tables
Martin ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission. > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:51:55 -0600 > Subject: Re: timeout > From: jlyons4...@gmail.com > To: mzamils...@gmail.com > CC: mysql@lists.mysql.com > > First, be sure you can access the host - try pinging it. > > Second, if you can ping the computer so you know there's no network issue, > be sure you've got the mysql permissions to connect from that host to either > the server or the database (if you specify one). You may have permission to > connect locally or from specific computers, but unless you have an entry in > mysql.user that allow you to connect either from "address" (as in your > example) or "%" or some wildcarded address that includes you domain, you're > not permitted to enter. > > Once you've eliminated these potential problems and you still can't connect > contact the sys admin of the remote computer. > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Mosaed zamil <mzamils...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > hello all, > > When I send : mysql -h address -u root -p from a distant computer I don't > > get connected. I think it is a timeout problem. > > How can I increase the timeout period. > > TIA > > mosaed > > > > > > -- > Jim Lyons > Web developer / Database administrator > http://www.weblyons.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009
