My mysql is on Linux platform. When I used my laptop connect to mysql, I got error message like "can‘t get hostname for your address".
Resolution:
Modifed file /etc/mysql/my.cnf and added message as below:
[mysqld]
skip-name-resolve
Windows connect to mysql failed: can't get hostname for your address
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/panderen/p/4353394.html