Mac OS 10.2 has a firewall built in and the default, as I recall, is to block access to most ports. Look at the Sharing pane of the System Preferences application. There is a Firewall tab where you can control the various aspects of the firewall.
As mentioned, if you have a router, it might need to be configured to allow access to the Mac. Many routers have an option to not respond to ping requests as well. -- Jim Dickenson mailto:dickenson@;cfmc.com Computers for Marketing Corporation http://www.cfmc.com/ eFax: 1-419-791-8924 > From: David Buxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:23:32 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Granting access to MySQL via OS X > > On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 10:40 am, Mark S Lowe wrote: > >> So I have a beautiful installation of mySQL. I now need to open the >> pipe to my 3306 port to the outside world directly. When I have people >> ping my IP, they get a restricted bounce error message. I assume there >> is a configuration file that needs to be backed off, but I can't seem >> to find anything anywhere. > > A failed ping does not necessarily mean a MySQL client cannot connect. > > What happens when you try to connect using the MySQL command-line > client from another computer inside your network? If that works, and > connecting from outside the network does not work, then probably > something else is blocking access to port 3306 for the outside world. > > And if your router is doing NAT, have you mapped your external > public:3306 to the private internal:3306 ? > > David B. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
