found it, I had to install the license file on the client,
probably due to the old gds32.dll I have to use to attach
to an IB4 database

>From: "Nick Upson" <uebridger@...>
>Reply-To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
>To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ib-support] Error connecting W2000 -> UNIX
>Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:34:56 +0000
>
>I'm trying to setup the first W2000 client to connect to IB4
>on unix via ODBC (a setup that I have working fine fron NT4
>clients) and I get:
>
>Error - product REMOTE_INTERFACE is not licensed
>
>ideas please
>
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