Chances are that the port on PC A is blocked for the DB service. Or that your DB server has been configured to not to accepp connections ffrom the outside. __________________ Miguel Guirao Aguilera, Linux+, ITIL Sistemas de Información Informática R8 Ext. 7540 --> -----Original Message----- --> From: Rudy sleiman [mailto:rudy.sleiman@xxxxxxxxx] --> Sent: Miércoles, 13 de Febrero de 2008 09:53 a.m. --> To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --> Subject: PHP help question --> --> To whom it may concern --> --> I'm working on a network, i don't have internet access and the --> application i'm working on is not published online. --> --> Platform used: PHP with MySQL. --> --> The Database is created on PC A... I'm working on PC B... and my --> problem is that i am not able to connect to the PC A Database using --> the IP address as a host (since the database is not on my machine). --> but if i'm on PC A i can connect with the localhost. --> --> The question is that: do i need any configuration so i can access the --> database? --> --> Waiting for your reply --> --> Regards, --> Rudy. --> --> -- --> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) --> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php