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Gateway not working though ODBC does

Hi,  I have installed a gateway on one subnet which needs to access a SQL server in another subnet. As a test I created an odbc connection from the gateway server to the SQL server and it works just...
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    The issue was firewall related. Thank you lbendlin  for suggesting trying SMSS. That showed me that just because 1433 was accessible did not mean I could connect to the database.

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3 years ago

does it work from SSMS on the gateway VM?

 

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    3 years ago

    no, it does not actually, just tried that. Remote connections are allowed. It is not a named instance. I can telnet using the port from the gateway server. What else can I check? I have permissions to the db.

    Thanks for you help.

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      lbendlin
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      3 years ago

      Does SSMS give you any sort of error message?

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        3 years ago

        I spoke with networking and I think it is a firewall issue where althought 1433 is allowed, there is an application rule which was not applied. I will let you know the results.

        Thanks