title: ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'genome-mysql.cse.ucsc.edu' (113)
body: <p>I realize this question exists, but going through the replies I could not find a solution to my problem. I am trying to connect to a remoter server:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mysqladmin -u root -h 'genome-mysql.cse.ucsc.edu' --port=3306 version -p
  Enter password: 
  mysqladmin: connect to server at 'genome-mysql.cse.ucsc.edu' failed
  error: 'Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 113'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have checked that mysql is running:</p>
  
  <pre><code>arron@arron-Ideapad-Z570 ~ mysqladmin -u root -h 'localhost' --port=3306 version -p
  Enter password: 
  mysqladmin  Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.1.69, for debian-linux-gnu on x86_64
  Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  
  Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
  affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
  owners.
  
  Server version      5.1.69-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
  Protocol version    10
  Connection      Localhost via UNIX socket
  UNIX socket     /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  Uptime:         13 days 21 hours 45 min 33 sec
  
  Threads: 1  Questions: 154  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 255  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 62  Queries per second avg: 0.0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also this doesn't work either</p>
  
  <pre><code>mysql --user=genome --host=genome-mysql.cse.ucsc.edu -A -N -D uniProt
  ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'genome-mysql.cse.ucsc.edu' (113)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I have removed </p>
  
  <pre><code>bind-address        = 127.0.0.1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>from my msql.cnf file. </p>
  
  <p>The problem however still persists. does anyone have any suggestions?</p>
  
  <p>I am using Linux Mint 12 and network is a university campus. if there is a firewall issue, how do I check this on my system?</p>