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Asked: 2026-05-24T21:38:24+00:00

I’ve got a MySQL Database on my local machine (Windows 7). My local machine

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I’ve got a MySQL Database on my local machine (Windows 7).

My local machine hosts 2 VMWare virtual machines. One running windows xp and the other running Ubuntu.

I want to access the MySQL database on my local machine using SQLDeveloper on the windows XP virtual machine.

The Ubuntu machine is able to access the database from within a java app using url jdbc:mysql://Peter-PC:3306/accessodev and a user/pass

When I attempt to connect from the windows XP box use SQLDeveloper I get a message saying: Communications link failure. The driver has not received any packets from the server.

Both the Ubuntu and Windows XP machines fail to connect using telnet Peter-PC 3306. Both machines successfully resolve Peter-PC to the correct IP address.

The Win 7 Machine can telnet to itself using telnet Peter-PC 3306. The windows firewall is turned off on this machine.

Can anyone give me any tips on how I can get connectivity to the MySQL database from the WinXP machine using SQLDeveloper?

Edit: I’m using the driver from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

Thanks,
Peter

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  1. Editorial Team

    Probably stating the obvious here but have you granted permission to the virtual machines to connect to the MySQL server (grant all permissions on database.* to 'winxp'@'a.b.c.d' identified by 'passwordhere'; flush privileges;)? And on the XP machine, have you allowed the SQLDevloper app through the firewall? Might be worth running up Wireshark on the host machine to see exactly what’s coming through to the host machine too

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