Any suggestions on this error when trying to connect SQL Server 2000?

SQL State: 08001Native Error: 17
State: 1Severity: 16
SQL Server Message: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]
SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
Hi,
Possibilities for this error are:-
1. SQL Server service may be down or hung
2. Network issue
3. Need to create an Alias using "Client network utility" specifying IP
address and port number. Use this alias to connect.
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"zenDebra" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> SQL State: 08001 Native Error: 17
> State: 1 Severity: 16
> SQL Server Message: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]
> SQLeat Server does not exist or access denied.
|||Have a look at
Potential causes of the "SQL Server Does Not Exist or Access Denied" error
message
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q328306
HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
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"zenDebra" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> SQL State: 08001 Native Error: 17
> State: 1 Severity: 16
> SQL Server Message: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]
> SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
|||Try creating an ODBC DSN to the server and post the entire Error message.
Thanks,
Kevin McDonnell
Microsoft Corporation
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