Thanks Frits, I hadn't thought to try nmap. nmap indeed does not discover the listener. The only 2 ports is does find are 22 and 111. It appears that a firewall is preventing it, but I just can't determine how. iptables is not running. Jared On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:52:54 +0100, Frits Hoogland <frits.hoogland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > try the nmap utility from both sides. ping isn't relieable, because icmp > uses udp on a lower layer. sqlnet/oracle net uses tcp. > > frits > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: Jared Still > Cc: Oracle-L Freelists > Sent: 28-11-2004 10:54 > Subject: Re: Rookie Error? > > Ping should verify your firewall is not a problem. > > If you can ping then make sure you are parsing the correct > tnsnames.ora file with the alias you expect. Also, check the other > .ora files for any wierd settings. > > I create dummy aliases with odd names to verify which tnsnames.ora is > actually being used. I change an alias on-the-fly just to make sure it > works & doesn't work as expected, e.g. dupe an entry as foo to connect > locally successfully, then change the entry to foo2 and try foo to > make sure it fails. Then, try your remote connection test. > > Good luck. > > Regards, > > Mike > > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 00:27:25 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > already tried ping with IP, hostname and FQDN. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jared > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended > recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential > information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, > disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an > intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment > and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l