I'm trying to connect my vb application to my database server, but my program is running in a virtual machine inside VMWARE and my database server is my real machine.

i was trying to solve this problem by turn off my firewall and turn on the TCP/IP connection on my sql server settings, but nothing happens.

when i try to run my program, i receive a message like this :

[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL server does not exist or access denied

My connection string :"Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=sa;Data Source=tcp:192.168.2.3,1433"