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Re: ORA-12541 when connecting to Oracle10 on a (vmware host) fc2 linux

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:10:09 +0100
Message-ID: <cuadk8$3v4$1@news6.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>


Rock Theriault wrote:
> i can ping the fc2 correctly. beside oracle the fc2 runs an apache
> httpd and a mysql database. and both works correctly from outside. so
> i think its not the linux network config.
>

>>try to ping your DC2 installation first. 

>
>
> i tried both. i used the netca utility and i configured manually. both
> had the same effect. NO LISTENER from outside.
>
>>If that succeeds, it's
>>time to configure your oracle network, using the netca utility on
>>FC2.

>
>
> the strange thing is that i can tnsping and work with the listener
> (and the database) correctly from the fc2 server. but not from
> anywhere else in the network.
>
> i configured the oracle service on the client (on other hosts) the
> same way i did
> on the server.
>
> my little brains thinks that there must be something like
> a) an option that the listener is only shown at localhost. and the fc2
> hostname is translated to localhost inside.
> b) or there is something inside fc2 to block the port 1521 i can't
> see.
>
> hope for more ideas of you.
>
> thanks uwe
- how do you know you use the listener?
- tried to shut down iptables?
- got a dns somewhere? If not, what ip-address

   do you use for the fc2 machine? Use that (instead    of the host name) in the tnsnames.ora file(s) on the other clients.

-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Tue Feb 08 2005 - 07:10:09 CST

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