I am in the process of setting up a new testing "server" for web/desktop app development/testing. The machine is an i3 with windows 8 Pro on it. I have installed SQL Server 2008 r2 standard edition (this is what the production server will have), and I have enabled TCP/IP networking for my database, as well as opened port 1433 and 1434 on Windows Firewall (I have set this database to use port 1433 as the static ip).
When I try accessing the database from another computer on the network, I am unable to connect. If I turn off the firewall on the "server" off altogether though it works just fine. Am I missing something here in the configuration?
UPDATE: Even with the firewall turned off, I was able to connect, but lost the connection shortly after and can no longer find the server. I have to restart the server in order to connect again, and I loose connection shortly after connecting again. Obviously I have more going on here than just the firewall. I have done this is the past with sql express and not had any issues - just enabled TCP/IP and added the port through the firewall and been done. Is there something more with SQL Standard that I am missing? are there additional steps for setting up the networking correctly?