title: "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" Redux
body: <p>An associate and I are tasked with modifying some PHP code. We have things set up and working properly on a server. On our local computers where we are wanting to make the changes, when we attempt to make a call to <code>mysql_connect</code>, we get an error of "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it." This question has been asked previously... and answered. But the answers didn't help.</p>
  
  <p>Previous Proposed Solutions: </p>
  
  <p>Solution 1: "Make sure the services are working." They are. On the server, the call works just fine with localhost as the connecting address.</p>
  
  <p>Solution 2: "Fix your password." Again, not an issue. On the server connection to localhost, there's no issue. </p>
  
  <p>Solution 3: "Firewall/antivirus blocking." On a whim, my associate used a telnet program to hit the ip/port combination. Connection was made. Obviously telnet won't be able to do anything useful in this situation. He just wanted to establish that a firewall wasn't shutting us out.</p>
  
  <p>Solution 4: "Use mysqli, not mysql." This isn't a practical option for us. It's a complete system we're working with and there's no budget to make those changes. Further, we did try the initial connect using <code>mysqli_connect</code>. Rather than an immediate error, it locked and timed out.</p>
  
  <p>Solution 5: "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO 'user'@'11.22.33.44' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';" Didn't work.</p>
  
  <p>There's something outside the usual that needs to be done, but we're at a loss to know what to try next. Suggestions?</p>