title: MySQL connection ERROR 2003 (HY000): <IP Address> (110)
body: <p>I have searched and seen a lot of questions and answers for this error but none of them worked for me.
  I have my MySQL in my laptop via Xampp and wanted to connect my Raspberry Pi to it using a direct LAN connection (ethernet cable). Whenever I enter <code>mysql -u root -p -h 192.168.1.47</code>on my Raspberry pi, after typing my password, there is a long pause, then the error <code>ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server (110)</code> shows up. Any help please? If you need more information, just ask and tell me what commands to input to show them, I'm still a beginner.</p>
  
  <p>Also, I have commented the <code>bind-address</code> in the my.cnf but still have this error.</p>