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A copy of this was sent to ghubert_at_netpath.net (Gene Hubert)
(if that email address didn't require changing)
On Sat, 06 Mar 1999 02:51:22 GMT, you wrote:
>I admittedly don't know much about the internet and am primarily a
>developer/dba. There's probably a huge mistake/misundrestanding here,
>but I thought I could install Oracle client on my NT4 computer at home
>and connect to the database at work via my ISP. Can someone kindly
>provide some assistance.
>
>I've done pretty much the same stuff I've done many times at work and
>I can't connect. I installed Oracle 8.0.5 client and set up a service
>name with the same IP address that I use at work. The connection test
>fails with ORA-12203 TNS: unable to connect to destination.
>
>Same result when trying to connect from SQL Plus. I can't ping the IP
>address nor can I TNSping it. I can see that something is being sent
>out my modem when I try to connect.
>
is your machine at work behind a firewall?
>I am able to use ftp to connect to a remote UNIX box where I maintain
>a web site. I am connected to my ISP when doing the above.
>
is that machine outside the firewall?
>Many thanks in advance,
>
>gene hubert
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Service Industries
Reston, VA USA
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