"James" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a windows 2003 std ed server, with SQL Server 2000 SP4 on it,
> and a netstat -an shows port 1433 as listening, but it doesn't reply
> when I telnet to it! I'm very new to SQL Server, so please excuse me if
> I'm being an idiot! Anyone know what might be wrong? I know there is no
> firewall issue on this server, and everything I'm trying to do here is
> form the localhost, but it doesn't work from external connections
> either.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>netstat -an
>
> Active Connections (I've edited out everything that isn't related to
> 1433)
>
> Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
> TCP 0.0.0.0:1433 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
> TCP 127.0.0.1:1036 127.0.0.1:1433 ESTABLISHED
> TCP 127.0.0.1:1433 127.0.0.1:1036 ESTABLISHED
> TCP ***.***.***.***:1043 ***.***.***.***:1433 TIME_WAIT
>
> Where ***.***.***.*** is my server's IP address.
>
> Thanks
> James
>