i use xampp v1.6.8 setup: local ip : 192.168.5.25 remote ip : 192.168.5.6 I tried to practice from this source: dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/federated-use.html. I created two tables like the instructions. on a remote server: CREATE TABLE test_table ( id INT (20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR (32) NOT NULL DEFAULT'', other INT (20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0 ', PRIMARY KEY (id), INDEX name (name), INDEX other_key (other) ) ENGINE = MyISAM DEFAULT charset = latin1; on the local server: CREATE TABLE federated_table ( id INT (20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR (32) NOT NULL DEFAULT'', other INT (20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0 ', PRIMARY KEY (id), INDEX name (name), INDEX other_key (other) ) ENGINE = Federated DEFAULT charset = latin1 CONNECTION = 'mysql://root@192.168.5.6:9306/federated/test_table'; but after the command is executed an error occurs: Unable to the connect to foreign data source: Can not the connect to MySQL server on '192 .168.5.6 '(10 061) (2921 sec) what is wrong and what's the solution? thank you