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- From: dave@exlog.com (Dave St.Clair)
- Subject: Using Sybase with PPP (dp2.2) on Solaris 1.1.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.200846.28844@exlog.com>
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- Organization: EXLOG, Inc.
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 20:08:46 GMT
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- Well this should have been simple but .... :-)
-
- Ok, we have the need to connect two machines/networks over a WAN and would
- like to be about to access our Sybase 4.8 database. Since this WAN is over
- standard phone lines (not leased lines), I looked for a version of PPP that
- would do dialup-on-demand. I found Kirk Smith's dp2.2 by checking the
- comp.prototocols.ppp FAQ.
-
- I setup two SparcStations with MultiTech MultiModems to test things. First
- I verified that Sybase worked OK with a normal (le0) ethernet connection.
- Worked just fine. Next I installed PPP, unplugged the thin net and turned
- on the modems. Talk about simple! Had the serial link up and going inside
- of an hour (had to take into account silly setup errors :-)).
-
- First I checked the basics: rlogin, telnet, ftp, mail, ping, etc. No problem.
- Works like charm. Now I give Sybase a try. And here's the results:
-
- ./isql
- Password:
- Operating-system error:
- Connection refused
- DB-LIBRARY error:
- Unable to connect: SQL Server is unavailable or does not exist.
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- I checked for user permissions, etc, but to no avail.
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- Any hints?
-
- I've been talking to Sybase support but most of the people I've talked to
- have not even heard of PPP. In the latest round, my contact said Sybase
- did not have the resources to "support" another third party product. But she
- said she would try one more time to find someone in Sybase who could at
- least spell PPP :-)
-
- Thanks,
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- dave@exlog.com
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