Hi,
I am currently using MP2 SQL 6.1 to track equipment, work orders, purchase orders, and inventory. Im trying to use a laptop in the stockroom to help me take inventory. Previous to today as a temporary solution I ran a LAN cable from my office to the stock room and everything worked fine. Today IT installed the wireless access point I asked for. Since then I have been unable to login into my database fromm the laptop. I get the following error:

' Connection Failed:
' SQLState: '01000'
' SQL Server Error: 53
' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen(Connect())
' Connection Failed:
' SQLState: '08001'
' SQL Server Error: 17
' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
I am not a trained IT Specialist, I am an engineer with a good tech background. Please keep that in mind when replying. I may need it dumbed down a bit. I have already tried pinging my server, and my gateway, no problems. I tried using the following telnet command and it does not work. C:\telnet warehouse 1433. I think this may be a port issue. I have also tried re-installing the software with my wireless connection as the only active connection between the server and client in the hopes that the software would recognize this and reconfigure my *.ini file for the software I am using.

Sounds like you are starting in the right place with telnet.
Does the wireless router allow all ports? First glance, TCP:1433 is probably blocked. Try unblocking all ports, then you can work your way back to tighten which ports you need.

If that doesn't help, try connecting using named pipes. From a UDL file or managment studio/enterprise manager, test connecting to NP:<servername>. You can force TCP using TCP:<servername>[,port].

Check out this link for other ideas...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328306

Adam Gossage
Lake Wylie, SC, USA

Are you on the same subnet?