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Have you tried increasing the connection timeout to 60 secs or so?

Also when you create a small test app that connects to the SQL Server,
measure how long it takes to establish the connection.

Gabriel Lozano-Morán

"Amit" <> wrote in message
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>I have a development setup as follows:
>
> 2 machines both running win xp pro, with machine A running .net 2.0 and
> machine B acting as my database server running sql server 2000.
>
> I want to use ASP.NET 2.0 new forms authentication configuration tools but
> I
> want the information stored in my sql server 2000 database rather than the
> standard sql express database. I ran aspnet_regsql.exe from machine A,
> specified machine B as the server and provided the sql server userid and
> password; however, it cannot connect and gives a timeout exception.
>
> The second machine is running as I can see it in windows explorer, and can
> connect to the database from machine A's SQL Server Enterprise manager.
>
> Could a possible problem be that I need to install .net 2.0 on my database
> server (machine B)? Currently, its running .net 1.1 but I wouldn't think
> that would make a difference as its just the database server. Machine B
> is
> running wirelessly through a netgear router.