Have to enter the port to connect via management studio

  • A strange problem has cropped up in our enviornment that I'm kind of scratching my head about. Why all of a sudden would users who connect via Management Studio or Query tools have to enter the port to connect to SQL Server? Ideas of what to look at?

  • I think SQL Server Browser service has stopped.

  • i go with suresh.

    Regards
    Durai Nagarajan

  • If SQL Server Browser Services is stopped then you have to specify the port number when connecting to that SQL Server instance.

  • No, checked for that. The Browser services is running on all systems where this is occurring.

  • is "named pipes" enabled in sql configuration manager

    Regards
    Durai Nagarajan

  • If you specifically set the Network Protocol in the 'Connection Properties' of SSMS to be 'TCP/IP', do you still need the port?

    If you connect via sqlcmd, do you need the port?

    Do you have any aliases set up in Configuration Manager?

  • check for UDP port 1434 not being blocked by a firewall.

  • Thanks for the responses. I will pass it along. It appears to be a security issue only happening to laptop users coming in via the VPN.

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