[RESOLVED] Connecting to Server

[make me rain]

i have made one of my windows-7 ultimate machine as my server and installed the MySQL server + my front end application
and my server ip is 10.198.168.53

the issue is in my server front end application
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in the connection string if i use server = localhost then connection is working but if i use 10.198.168.53
the bug is unable to connect to any of the MySQL hosts

one more funny thing is , if i connect the Ethernet cable between server & laptop ( my laptop ip is 10.198.168.52 ) then
no problem i mean i can use IP 10.198.168.53 in the connection string , if i remove the cable then the connection string must be localhost.

the checks i did on the Os
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(1) in the OS BIOS network adapter is enabled
(2) system self ping is Ok

what must be wrong here

[techgnome]

OK.... I'm going to ask the obvious... but... is the WiFi turned on? Actually doesn't matter... because the WiFi would have a different IP anyways... sounds like 10.198.168.53 is tied to the wired network card. Since you unplugged the connection, (and there is no WiFi) it can't get to the network to resolve the IP address. If you do have WiFi and it's activated, then it is finding the network, but because the connection is unplugged, it doesn't exist.

-tg

[make me rain]

Wow ,
great & thanks , there was a broad band connection i deleted that connection settings now i