OK, tried that and all 4 pings timed out, so I guess it's not public so I'll have to go with hamachi or something similar.
Thanks
>Check
http://whatismyipaddress.com/ and see if you can ping this IP from the remote computer.
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>>Thanks, how do I determine if I have a public IP?
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>>I'll look into Hamachi as well.
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>>>That would only work if you have a public IP, and then you have to set port forwarding at the router.
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>>>If you don't have a public IP address, a workaround would be to create a network using Hamachi from LogMeIn, I did that once and it was pretty easy to setup, and it's free if I remember correctly.
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>>>>I believe that I have that configured as I am able to connect to the database from a different PC on the local network.
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>>>>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.
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>>>>>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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is there anything I am missing? I can't access the data from the other PC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
Update>>>>>>
>>>>>>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?