I believe that I have that configured as I am able to connect to the database from a different PC on the local network.

I understand that I need to know the IP address of the database server, how would I determine that? This is what I would need to use in my connection string from the PC outside the LAN.

>In SQL Server Management Studio, did you check "Allow remote connections" in the server properties?
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>>This is actually SQL Server Express 2012 .
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>>I have two PCs in a workgroup at a client. Both running Win 7 Home Premium. I have installed SQL Server Express 2012 on one and my system running on that PC is able to access it.
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>>I have:
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>>1. enabled TCP/IP and named pipes
>>2. set dynamic ports to blank and set a TCP port number
>>3. Added an exception for this port number in Windows firewall
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>>Is there anything I am missing? I can't access the data from the other PC.
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>>Update
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>>I found that I had changed the dynamic ports on IP2 (or was it IP4?) instead of IPALL. Once I did that I was able to connect.
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>>Now my next challenge is to allow a remote computer access to the database over the internet. Any suggestions of where to find instructions on how to do this?