RODBC connection from R to SQL failing - r

Question

I'm using R Studio to connect to SQL Server Management using library(RODBC).
Note that the below code works on my local system, but does not work when trying to connect remotely.
This is my connection code:
connection <- RODBC::odbcDriverConnect( 'driver={SQL Server};server=SERVERNAME ;database=DBNAME;trusted_connection=TRUE' )
I get the following warning message:
Warning messages:
1: In RODBC::odbcDriverConnect("driver={SQL Server};server=SERVERNAME;database=DBNAME;trusted_connection=TRUE") :
[RODBC] ERROR: state 08001, code 18, message [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]SSL Security error
2: In RODBC::odbcDriverConnect("driver={SQL Server};server=SERVERNAME;database=DBNAME;trusted_connection=TRUE") :
[RODBC] ERROR: state 01000, code 772, message [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen (SECDoClientHandshake()).
3: In RODBC::odbcDriverConnect("driver={SQL Server};server=SERVERNAME;database=DBNAME;trusted_connection=TRUE") :
ODBC connection failed
It's really odd because I definitely have access to the server and database in question.
It's worth noting that I have access to the server from a local system (above code works) and access to a remote system (code does not work).
Any idea why this might be happening?

Answer 1

RODBC is not a great package, it would be much better to use the RStudio built odbc instead:
library(odbc)
con <- dbConnect(odbc(),
Driver = "SQL Server",
Server = "SERVER",
Database = "DATABASE",
Trusted_Connection = "True" ,
timeout = 5000
)

Answer 2

In the following command line
connection <- RODBC::odbcDriverConnect( 'driver={SQL Server};server=SERVERNAME ;database=DBNAME;trusted_connection=TRUE' )
make trusted_connection = FALSE or no. Its a simple case of SSL error. If you are using linux, for server, use ip address rather than hostname.