Hello, I realize that I am probably making a rookie error here, but for some reason, I am unable to connect Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to a test database I set up on my Winhost website. I keep getting the message "Connection Refused". I have attached the error message received, as well as the configuration settings I have used to connect. Can anyone point me in the right direction when it comes to fixing this? Thanks!
Thanks for the screen shots, try changing "Connect to Database" to "<default>" and "Network Protocol" to "<default>" in Connection Properties. Also it wouldn't hurt to try the following telnet tests to make sure the required ports for SSMS to connect to your SQL Server are open: telnet s10.Winhost.com 1433 And telnet s10.Winhost.com 14330
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to resolve this issue yet. One question: I can't even PING the s10.Winhost.com server from my development machine. Is that a red flag, or is that not relevant here?
Problem solved. It turns out that we had to configure our network to allow us to access ports 1433 and 14330. Thanks for all of your help!
Hello, I am having the same issue. I tried those telnet tests and it said "Could not open connection to the host" Unfortunately, I am still noobish and not sure of what steps to take to resolve the issue. I did some research and enabled TCP/IP protocol using the SQL Configuration Manager, but that wasn't enough.
Hi Joe, The error you got usually means that your antivirus/firewall software/hardware is blocking the connection. You need to open up port 1433 to allow SQL Server Management Studio to connect. If you're not sure how to do that, you can temporarily disable your antivirus/firewall in order to connect.
