Couldn't connect server

Hi to all,
When I try to connect SQL 2000 Enterprise client with SQL
Server 2000 Enterprise Server , the following error
message displayed.
Unable to connect to server
Server:Msg 17,Level 16,State 1
Microsoft ODBC SQL Server Driver TCP/IP Sockets SQL
Server does not exist or access denied
How can i solve this problem?
Database Server configuration:
Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise
Edition
Advance thankx
Sankar.First, verify you can make a network connection like a mapped drive to the
server.
Second, open Client Network Utility on your workstation, Server Network
Utility on the server (both programs are in the SQL Program group) and
verify you are both listening on the same protocols in the same order.
Lastly, you should verify MSSQLServer service is running on the server and
that there are no firewalls in between your computers which might be
blocking ports.
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"Sankar" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi to all,
> When I try to connect SQL 2000 Enterprise client with SQL
> Server 2000 Enterprise Server , the following error
> message displayed.
>
> Unable to connect to server
> Server:Msg 17,Level 16,State 1
> Microsoft ODBC SQL Server Driver TCP/IP Sockets SQL
> Server does not exist or access denied
> How can i solve this problem?
> Database Server configuration:
> Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise
> Edition
>
> Advance thankx
> Sankar.

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|||Also, since you are attempting a TCP?IP connection verify that you can ping
the SQL Server machine by name. If not, try specifying the SQL Server
machine name ip address as the server name when attempting to connect. If
the first fails but the second succeeds then there is a name resplution
problem. If the second fails as well then there could be a network related
problem that is preventing the client from accessing the SQL Server.
Rand
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.|||> the SQL Server machine by name. If not, try specifying the SQL Server

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> machine name ip address as the server name when attempting to connect. If
> the first fails but the second succeeds then there is a name resplution
> problem. If the second fails as well then there could be a network related
> problem that is preventing the client from accessing the SQL Server.

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I have the same problem but I can ping the machine.
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> Also, since you are attempting a TCP?IP connection verify that you can

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ping

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> the SQL Server machine by name. If not, try specifying the SQL Server
> machine name ip address as the server name when attempting to connect. If
> the first fails but the second succeeds then there is a name resplution
> problem. If the second fails as well then there could be a network related
> problem that is preventing the client from accessing the SQL Server.
> Rand
> This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
>

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|||Work through this article:
328306 INF: Potential Causes of the ("SQL Server Does Not Exist or Access
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328306
Cindy Gross, MCDBA, MCSE
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