Re: ora-12637 packet receive fail

Thanks for the info.
I will try again. But it might be ISP I'm using now because I don't have any firewall on my computer.
Thanks
  "Tony Hunt" <tonster_at_bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:Samp7.61689$bY5.299076_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...   I don't know if you've already seen this....

  ORA-12637: Packet receive failed
  Cause: A process was unable to receive a packet from another process. Possible causes are: 1. The other process was terminated. 2. The machine on which the other process is running went down. 3. Some other communications error occurred.

  Action: If the cause is not obvious, contact Worldwide Customer Support.

  You could turn on the NET8 tracing feature and check to see where the packet is failing...

        Keyword   Packet Type   
        NSPTCN  
       Connect  
       
        NSPTAC  
       Accept  
       
        NSPTRF  
       Refuse  
       
        NSPTRS  
       Resend  
       
        NSPDA  
       Data  
       
        NSPCNL  
       Control  
       
        NSPTMK  
       Marker  
       

  Have you got a personal firewall configured? maybe this is blocking packets...

  "jh" <jh401_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:jXdp7.6474$RS3.3983853_at_news1.elcjn1.sdca.home.com...
> "ora-12637 packet receive fail"
>
> Does anybody know what this error means?
> I'm trying to connect from my client machine to the server at
 school.
> please help
> thanks
>
>

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