Re: Oracle Discoverer 3.1 won't connect on Windows XP

From: Charles Hooper <hooperc2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 6 Nov 2006 13:48:17 -0800
Message-ID: <1162849697.150073.307650@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Kydd wrote:
> Frank van Bortel wrote:
> > Don't get it...
> >
> > Any differences in setup (sequence of installed
> > Oracle components, perhaps) between the PC's?
>
> None that I can see. I've even uninstalled Discoverer and reinstalled
> it. And even tested the same installer on another PC which worked fine.
>
> Note that using MS Access and the ODBC option for DSN, the same problem
> occurs.

Check the Advanced TCP/IP settings on the computer's network card. Specifically, look at the DNS tab in the box titled "DNS suffix for this connection's addresses in DNS". Compare that with the other computers that are working correctly.

Install Wireshark/Ethereal on the client computer to see the packets that are being passed to the network. Install Filemon to determine the files that are being accessed on the client computer. Compare those logs with logs from another computer that is working properly.

Charles Hooper
PC Support Specialist
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. Received on Mon Nov 06 2006 - 15:48:17 CST