RE: your mail

At my sql.conf : # number of sql connections to make to server num_sql_socks = 20

my db is windows based, queries are pretty fast.

Is there specific configuration that I can check?

Do a debug of server startup. Can you connect to the database at all? If not, check connection settings in sql.conf. If they are OK: - have you built MySQL so it can accept queries from non-local source (Windows default is only accept localhost queries)? - is there a firewall blocking packets? Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP