left join opendatasource('SQLOLEDB','Data Source=192.168.0.3;User ID=username;Password=userpsd').dbname.dbo.detailtable _b on _a.id=_b.fatherid left join ...

sqlConnection1.ConnectionString = "data source=Devmain;initial catalog=Northwind;persist security info=True;user id=sa;workstation id=WANGHW;packet size=4096;PWD ...

I have a SQL server that only recently started failing with timeout exceptions. It is an older box and we are using it for more and more things. Before I write it off as a hardware/perf issue, I ...