Configure the server name for remote access

  • Hi Sql Guru's,

    How to configure the sqlserver to remote access with server name.Now I"m access with IP address ***.***.*.** is my sqlserver ip address and sql server name DC01, Now I need remote access with server name(DC01) instead of IP address

    Thank you ,

    Suresh Mediboyina

  • I'd recommend checking with your DNS team to see if they can get your server's name into DNS to allow you to connect via the name instead of the IP.

    You should be able to do "nslookup ipaddress" to see if there is a name associated with your server's IP.

    Presumably, doing "nslookup servername" should return nothing since you currently can't route to the server from the host initializing the connection.

    Hope that helps,

    Steve

  • Sounds like your Network Admin needs to get involved.

    nslookup is one clue as to what might be setup.

    Instead of just DC01, you might want to try the Fully Qualified Domain name.

    Greg E

  • Open a command prompt, and pint the server name do you get a reply? If so does it match the ip address you expect? Try nslookup too as already suggested. Make sure you dont have any funky local host file entries for that server name too. I've seen people enter that to test at some point and forget to remove them.

    Run select @@servername on the SQL server does that return the name you expect too?

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