Error 2003 When Connecting to Remote Server

[John Benson]

I have a successful installation of mysql (4.1.13) on a linux server. When using the command shell, I have no problem logging in or running mysql commands. I also have a bunch of php scripts which also work with mysql.

I just installed the windows version of mysql administrator for my local workstation. I'm having trouble connecting to the remote server. I keep getting the following error:

"Could not connect to the specified instance.

MySQL Error Number 2003
Can't connect to MySQL server on '*.*.*.*' (10061)

If you want to check the network connection, please click the Ping button."


I've tried the Ping button and it can see my server. I've used 'netstat -ln | grep mysql' to get the proper port but it still doesn't want to connect.


What am I doing wrong?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2005 03:04PM by John Benson.