Re: Oracle 9i - Putty - tnsping works - connection does not!

<davidhbigelow_at_simplifiedlogic.com> wrote in message news:1146971375.694226.51510_at_u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> Could I be the ONLY one in the world trying to do this? (I hope not).
>
> I want to connect to a remote machine over ssh using Putty. This is
> the only way I can communicate with the machine).
>
> The remote machine is setup as follows:
> Listener IS RUNNING:
> Port 1521
>
> Local Machine:
> hosts file --> 127.0.0.1 <remotemachinename>
>
>
> Putty Configuration:
> Listen: 1500
> Pass to: <remotemachineIPaddress>:1521
>
>
> tnsping WORKS!!!!
>
> Connection to remote database does NOT...
>
> Yes - the local TNSNAMES file points to 1500 -- the tnsping would not
> work without that.
>
>
> ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS!?!?!?!
>
> I am running Oracle 9i.
>
> Please e-mail me directly if possible:
> david<remove>h<remove>bigelow_at_simplifiedlogic.com
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Dave
>

Why in the world would you want to point 127.0.0.1 to the remote host? It would have worked without it.

What error message did you get? Received on Sun May 07 2006 - 15:06:08 CDT