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Visual Studio 2005  Connection to DB2 on IBM i5

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C#, A first chance exception of type 'IBM.Data.DB2.DB2Exception' occurred in IBM.Data.DB2.dll

I'm a windows programmer tryng to establish a data connection to a DB2 instance on an IBM i5 series machine.  I talked to the IBM support center, and followed the guidelines by installing the required iSeries ODBC drive and accompanying Visual Stuido 2005 Add-Ins as detailed in the following reference doc:

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/db2/article.php/3751776

But - when I try to establish a connection using the server IP address and database name - I keep getting the following connection error message:  

Error opening connectionERROR [08001] [IBM] SQL30081N  A communication error has been detected.  Communication protocol being used: "TCP/IP".  Communication API being used: "SOCKETS".  Location where the error was detected: "192.168.14.23".  Communication function detecting the error: "connect".  Protocol specific error code(s): "10061", "*", "*".  SQLSTATE=08001

According to my IT guys, there is no firewall blocking and all ports should be open to receive.  How can I check the actual connection is working/listenting on TCP/IP as well as on sockets?  From the error - it seems as though the DB2 instance on the i5 series is not listening on TCP/IP and needs to be.  Any ideas on how I can get this connection to work?  

thanks in advance for any help with this.
 
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