Re: NT Oracle Server can't "hear" Win95 Client

Steve Phelan wrote:
>
> Barry Dirks wrote:
> >
> > When I run TNSPING I get the following error: TNS-12541: TNS:no listener.
> >
> > Can someone tell me what this means and how to fix it?
> > When I check services on our NT server it says a listener is started and a
> > server instance is also started.
> >
> > What I'm trying to do is simply get an Oracle client on my Win95 work
> > station to load and "talk to" an Oracle server running on NT.
> > Oracle documentation and tech support can't seem to help.
> > Can anyone here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> Have you set up the PC client correctly? Have you got a tnsnames.ora
> file on the client PC that correctly points at your server (IP/address)
> and the listener (port number). Have you checked that you can actually
> ping the server (thats 'ping', not 'tnsping'), just to make sure your
> TCP/IP software is installed and working?
>
> Reply with more info., if you need additional help.
>
> Steve Phelan.

Check the log/trace files on your server: orant\network\log and orant\network\trace; and on your client orawin95\network\log and orawin95\network\trace. This may indicate any problems in your configuration.  

         James H. Yoshii
 IntelliTech Business Solutions

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