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waynekerrxp_at_hotmail.com (wayne) wrote in message news:<453849cf.0108160243.4a61b2a2_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi List,
> Got Oracle 8.1.6 running on Solaris 7 with W2k clients.
> When the Clients (this is a clarify client not sqlplus) try to
> connect, an ORA-12545 Connect failed because target host or object
> does not exist.
> tnsping succeeds, as do client connects from clients on a different
> subnet, and the IP address, rather than name, of the server is
> specified in tnsnames.ora.
>
> So maybe it's the firewall? Does anyone know what is required at the
> network level for successfull Oracle client-server operation?
> Also, if some of these network facilities are missing, due to firewall
> problemettes, could that lead to an error 12545?
>
> Tia
>
> Wayne
HI,
check the TNS_ADMIN path.can you send me the tnsnames.ora.
Good Luck. Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 20:38:37 CDT