We have configured the distributor on SQL Server 2012 and we were able to create a publication on another server running SQL 2008 R2 until recently. Now were getting this error message when we tried to configure the remote distributor on the publication server. NOTE: the password is correct and has been doubled checked.
We are replication 2008 db to 2012 instance. - Thanks Norm
Title: Configuration Distribution Wizard
SQL Server could not connect to the Distributor using the specified password.
Connection to server failed.
OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server returned message "Login timeout expired".
OLE DB Provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server returned message "A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information.......