FreeTDS Development Group

[Craig Jackson <CRAIGJ AT EPUB.IACNET.COM>]

>I hope someone out there has seen this issue before. I am running
>freeTDS-0.61.2 with Apache-2.0.47, PHP-4.3.2, on a RH9 server. I am
>trying to do a simple test connection to the Sybase server listed in the
>freetds.conf. It appears to be having some kind of issue with the IP
>address.
 
>Here is what is in the /tmp/freetds.log:
 
>Starting log file for FreeTDS 0.61.2 with debug level 99.
>2003-08-14 23:27:07.787897 iconv will convert client-side data to the ""
>character set
>2003-08-14 23:27:07.788750 Connecting addr 192.138.151.39 port 4444 with
>TDS version 5.0
 
>This is what I get in the Apache error_log:
>src/tds/login.c: tds_connect: 192.138.151.39:4444: No route to host

The port number is the giveaway -- that's the port used by one of the recent
Microsoft worms (the DCOM one).  Although the worm made use of UDP port 4444,
and TDS would be using TCP port 4444, many firewall administrators started
blocking port 4444 willy-nilly.

Check with the people who administer your network.  Probably some sort of
general block has been placed on all ports 4444.  I suspect you'll have to
change the port number of your server to get past this hurdle.

Excuse me if this has been answered elsewhere -- I've been on vacation.

Craig Jackson
Craig_Jackson AT iacnet.com
The Gale Group