It looks like Hamachi is free for up to 10 computers, but I did not read the entire FAQ carefully.
>I think that's pretty much the same here in the Caribbean, to get a public IP address is a pain and they charge a lot of money for that.
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>Unfortunately, Hamachi does not seem to be free anymore.
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>>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.
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>>Thanks
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>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This is actually SQL Server Express 2012 .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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?
Christian Isberner
Software Consultant