Firewall Port 1433 not opening

Question

I am using MS Server 2008 with MSSQL 2008-R2 as database server.

Each time for some work i have to login to server via Remote connection.I tried to configure the S

Answer 1

In the SQL Server Configuration Manager->SQL Server Network Configuration->Protocols, check that named pipes and tcp/ip are enabled.

If that doesn't work then it may be your firewall blocking it, try this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023.aspx

This may be useful too: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287932