Connectiong to SQL Server 2000 over VPN

Hi, hoping someone can help me out here. I am opening enterprise manager and trying to register a new server for which I have permissions. When I use windows authentication I get "Login Failed for user "(null)" and when I use SQL Server Authentication I get "Login failed for user "sa".

I am VPN'd in to the companies network. I am not on their domain, I am on a domain at my current location. I think the problem is that I am not logged on to their domain therefore it can't see me as the user I am on that domain. Is there any way to trick this, or simply to get it to work?

Thanks in advance.Can you reach the server on the VPN (ping it) ?
if not, you need to reconfigurate your network settings(IP of the switch connectiong to the VPN)
if you can ping it, you should have no problem using SQL server Authentication (unless firewall filter the SQL Server port)

Originally posted by kevin86
Hi, hoping someone can help me out here. I am opening enterprise manager and trying to register a new server for which I have permissions. When I use windows authentication I get "Login Failed for user "(null)" and when I use SQL Server Authentication I get "Login failed for user "sa".

I am VPN'd in to the companies network. I am not on their domain, I am on a domain at my current location. I think the problem is that I am not logged on to their domain therefore it can't see me as the user I am on that domain. Is there any way to trick this, or simply to get it to work?

Thanks in advance.|||I can ping the server. I can also access shared folders on this server. When I use SQL Authentication I have tried using SA, our Admin account, and an account set up for me and they all say login failed for user.

How could I check to see if the firewall is blocking it? I don't think this is the problem but I guess it could be?|||I think you have to ask to the system admin for the firewall.

Do you asked someone on the domain (not using the VPN) to try login SQL server with the same users you tried ?

Originally posted by kevin86
I can ping the server. I can also access shared folders on this server. When I use SQL Authentication I have tried using SA, our Admin account, and an account set up for me and they all say login failed for user.

How could I check to see if the firewall is blocking it? I don't think this is the problem but I guess it could be?|||Someone on the domain was able to log in using the id's I tried.

I just spoke to our network admin and these ports are not blocked. Any other suggestions?|||Originally posted by kevin86
Someone on the domain was able to log in using the id's I tried.

I just spoke to our network admin and these ports are not blocked. Any other suggestions?

You cannot register as windows nt user (trusted) cos you might not be added to that server as a user, and as you are able to ping the server , you are suppose to register the server using sql login, the only reason i would say you are not able to register is the sa password is wrong, try overwriting the password froom any of the machines where its already connected and then register it ...you should be able to connect ...

Connectiong to MSDE 2000

I installed MSDE 2000 on my machine running XP home
edition.
I can connect with all client utilities, include, query
analiser, enterprise manager, odbc, etc if i use the
builtin/administrator id, but i cant connect in the SQL
MODE.
If i set up an odbc connection for test, i get the
following error
Attempting connection
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login
failed for user 'sa'. Reason: Not associated with a
trusted SQL Server connection.
The ODBC error returns a state 28000 error, with is an
authenticaton error, please how can i correct thisMSDE is installed by default with Windows authentication, not with mixed
authentication, so you can't login with a SQL login, like 'sa'. You can
change this from Enterprise Manager by rightclicking the server, choosing
properties, and change the Authentication on the Security tab. You ahve to
restart SQL Server for the setting to take effect.
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
"Lanre" <larry548997@.yahoo.com_anonymous> wrote in message
news:1b8701c3fc16$8a0ec650$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> I installed MSDE 2000 on my machine running XP home
> edition.
> I can connect with all client utilities, include, query
> analiser, enterprise manager, odbc, etc if i use the
> builtin/administrator id, but i cant connect in the SQL
> MODE.
> If i set up an odbc connection for test, i get the
> following error
> Attempting connection
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login
> failed for user 'sa'. Reason: Not associated with a
> trusted SQL Server connection.
> The ODBC error returns a state 28000 error, with is an
> authenticaton error, please how can i correct this|||If you don't have Enterprise Manager, you can change the setting with the
steps from this article:
285097 INF: How to Change the Default Login Authentication Mode to SQL While
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=285097
Cindy Gross, MCDBA, MCSE
http://cindygross.tripod.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Connectiong problem Sqlserver 2005 Express

I'm working with an Sqlserver 2005 Express database on my local machine, and using vs.net 2005.I need to enable the sqlserver cache by the way:

aspnet_regsql -E -d Northwind -ed

I encountered the remote connection problem(error:40).The northwind database was restored to the sqlserver 2005 express by the db file downloaded,and I added the ASPNET user.I also enabled the TCP/IP by using SQL Server Configuration Manager.

But all the web application connected to the Northwind database is working through the connection string:

"Data Source=WKS-DEV-04\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True"

Any help will be much appreciated, thank you very much for reading my post

Can you telnet to the remote SQL Express service from the client? Using such command from commandline:

telnet xxx.xx.xx.xxx yyyy

Where Xs stand for ip address of the remote server, and Ys stand for TCP port of the service. You can check the TCP port of the SQL service in 'SQL Server Configuration Manager'->SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration

|||Thank you for your reply very much.I have got it done.