# Connect to remote mySQL and HTTP get fail **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [16 December 2019 08:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connect-to-remote-mysql-and-http-get-fail/19221 "2019-12-16T08:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4

**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2019 08:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connect-to-remote-mysql-and-http-get-fail/19221/4 "2019-12-18T08:08:53Z")

I'm having similar problems trying to access a remote MySQL database. > [@Trying to access a remote MySQL database](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-access-a-remote-mysql-database/17058): > > I'm trying to set-up access (for my IoT students) to a remote MySQL database that has been recording readings from our weather station. I've written the NR flow and got everything working from my home using node-red-node-mysql. Everything works fine - database updates and I can access it fine. Also my friend in the USA can access the database just fine as well. The problem comes when I try to do this via the school's network. I can ping the MySQL server from the IT Room, so this sort of ind… Everything works fine from my home network here in the UK and from a friend's network in the US, but not via the school's network. The school's IT people and myself have run all sorts of tests to try to pin-point the problem, all to no avail. I've even taken the school's router and Raspberry Pi home and connected it to my network - where it works fine. So that sort of eliminates some of the key pieces of hardware and the NR flow. At the moment I've given up on this issue as I used up so much time trying to sort out the problem. --- _[View the full topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connect-to-remote-mysql-and-http-get-fail/19221)._