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[Joshua Lang <joshua.h.lang AT gmail.com>]

Likely you'll need to configure SQL Server to accept connections over
TCP/IP.
See
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9138172/enable-tcp-ip-remote-connections-to-sql-server-express-already-installed-databas

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, list,
> This is my first post here with the question and I'm sure it is a
> stupid question.
> But unfortunately I have absolutely 0 experience with DB Administration.
>
> I installed SQL Server 2012 Express on my Windows 8.1 laptop, and I am
> able to
> connect to it from the localhost using ODBC  connection from Server
> Management
> Studio.
>
> Now I'm trying to get connection from the Linux machine with freeTDS.
> I currently have 0.91 installed on my Linux box (Gentoo) which is latest.
> I can successfully ping both ways by IP address. However when I try to
> run "busybox telnet 192.168.1.4 1433" the machine just sits there.
> There is no FW running on the Windows box at the moment for the testing
> purposes.
>
> Since ping works and I can access the web I presume that the network is set
> up properly.
>
> So now my question is: is there an option in MS SQL to tell it to accept
> remote
> connections?
>
> Thank you for any pointers.
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