Your problem is probably due to not having a grant entrry in the user table that allows your user name to log in from 192.168.1.253.
Try GRANTing either that IP, or all IP's (%) access with that user name. This link should help you out. http://www.mysql.com/doc/G/R/GRANT.html Cary At 08:59 PM 3/10/02, delz wrote: >Hi, > >How do I configure mysql so that it will accept remote connections because I >get the error message "Host 192.168.1.253 is not allowed to connect to this >MySQL Server" > >Can someone help me with this. > >Delz > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php