Remote connection to MySQL

[fdgsogc]

Trying to connect to a MySQL server from my desktop.
Specs:
My Desktop - XP OS - MySQL Administrator.
Server - Red Hat Linus OS - MySQL version 4.x

From the MySQL I am getting an error code 2003 "Can't connect to MySQL server (10060)". I am using the default port 3006.

Any suggestions? What additional information do you need to help me out here?

 

[sleipnir214]

The first two things I can think of are:[ul][li]Check to make sure that MySQL is actually running on the Linux box. I once fought a connection problem for 2 hours, only to find out I didn't have MySQL running.[/li][li]Check your Linux firewall settings to make sure that connections to the port will be allowed. I learned this one the hard way once, too.[/li][/ul]


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[TonyGroves]

I am using the default port 3006.

That might just have been a typing mistake, but the default MySQL port is 3306, not 3006.

 

[fdgsogc]

Yes, it was a typing mistake. The issue turned out to be firewall related. Thanks for the comments.