Jason,

> have you tried connecting to the same server through other means in

order to

> isolate whether it is an IBConsole issue or perhaps it is a general

issue.

InterBase Workbench suffers the same slow connection time.

> Does adding a hosts entry for the server name help? This would

remove the

> need to do a DNS lookup on the network.

This is where I have to confess abject ignorance. It seems the
IBServer should have an IP address but I can't see where to
inspect/set it.