lerxst2112,

You sir are da man! It was my router port. Thanks so much for your assistance.

Looks like I got it working.
I used MYSQL to create a new user and granted it privileges.
Here are the links I used to do so just in case anyone else is having these problems.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, all.

Creating a new MySQL user
Granting privileges to user

I can't for the life of me get this to work.

I used NaviCat Premium and set up the user as described.
I used gaming rules to open port 3306 (tcp / udp) for my machine (192.168.0.198)
I used incoming rules for windows firewall to allow as described.

All info I put in is correct, whats my ip etc. Just won't connect. :-?

user / pw / db etc all checked and accurate.

Using firefox and even tried in IE8. I'm at a loss.

Did you check your ports on your router? Making sure had one open for port 3306. That was my issue.

Yes sir. Ports are open. Every step has been double checked.

Windows firewall is showing the rule made as allowing the port and the ip address was added (the step 2).

I removed the router and direct connected and still couldn't get connected to the site. Nothing is blocking the port. I got my public ip address... I just don't know where to look now.

Try making a new database connection in Navicat using your external IP address for the host, and 3306 for the port. If that works, then it should prove that your external access stuff is setup properly and then we might need to look into it further why it isn't working for EOC. I suspect that your external access will not work, which would point to further issues on your end.

Most likely, you are running your server on Windows, and you did not enable remote DB access when you installed MySQL. If that is the case, then you should be able to go through the setup settings again like a new install of MySQL and check the box to allow remote connections when going through the setup.

Did everything you told me to, didn't get a connection with the external ip for the host. Re-did MySQL and didn't work either.

I dunno now. I'm kinda up shits creek.

Alright so I rand a http://localhost:3306/ in my browser and got the following:

Any ideas ?

3306 Port Closed - Connection timed out

according to http://www.ipmango.com/network/port_forward

I've tried everything I can. I'm wondering if anyone knows if verizon blocks this port with their 4G usb cards? Everything is done according to the steps given. Getting mad now ;)

Expletus, 3306 is not a web browser port. Are you reading the instructions on the first page? Everything is listed there.

Yes I did around 10-12 times now. That was me trying to see if my port was open, which I later learned was not the way. So that's my bad.

I'm just trying to figure out of my usb verizon pantech uml290 blocks that port naturally. Everything else is in line with the directions however this port just won't open.

Looks like I found my answer.
http://www.4ginfo.com/index.php/veri...lications.html

apparently they do not allow any sort of port forwarding.

You are trying to run a server on cellular? Or was this just a local server that you want Akkaidus' tools for?

Local that I wanted to use for the editor. NO biggie I guess I get to miss out on this :( :( :(