1. Well, be sure that you can ping the SQL server from your Linux box.
2. The Port for SQL Server is 1433 (unless yours is different)
3. Make sure thatTCP/IP connections are enabled on your SQL server, by
default it is set to Named Pipes.
This is my interfaces file:
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nt
master tcp ether 192.168.0.5 1433
query tcp ether 192.168.0.5 1433
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192.168.0.5 is my SQL server.
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