Failed connection to shared files

I'm having an issue with being able to connect to a shared server that's under listed "shared" in finder. When I go to connect, it says connection failed...even though the password and login name are correct. I would really appreciate any help!

Hello, try this & let us know what happens...
On this one In finder, select Go menu>Connect to Servers..., type in afp://ip.of.another.computer, like...
afp://10.0.1.5
afp://192.168.1.3
Or if it's a PC...
smb://10.0.1.5
smb://192.168.1.3

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From the log
Error establishing socket to host and port: chandan:1433. Reason: Connection refused: connect
The SQL server itself is not running or TCP/IP is disabled. That can be confirmed by runing netstat and see it is listed there.
Then run telnet chandan 1433 and see it can connect
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Re: error establishing socket to host and port: EPM11:1433

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