Thanks for ideas, but non of them are true. The files is services, without
extension and has empty line at the end.

Riho-Rene Ellermaa
senior programmer
Hansabank

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aage Johansen [mailto:aagjohan@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:26 PM
> Riho-Rene Ellermaa wrote:
> ------------------------------------------
> My IB client gets error "unable to complete network request
> for server..."
> Windows 98
> Pinging server works, services file has line
> gds_db 3050/tcp
> gds32.dll in in Windows/system directory.
>
> I noticed that client has another services file in some
> perosnal folder,
> which contains line
> # maximum number of services is 80
> Is it true for Widows 98? I have NT and my services file
> contain more than
> 100 lines. IB works without problems.
> Clients file has ~100 lines and IB line is at the end
> ------------------------------------------
>
> 1. Note that there should be an extra (blank) line at the end
> of the script.
> 2. Lines starting with # are comments, I think.
> 3. If Explorer (or the tool you use for viewing files) hides the file
> extentions, make sure you are working with the correct file
> (NOT the *.sam
> files!).
> 4. If you edit services (or hosts) with NotePad you risk
> having ".txt"
> appended to the filename - get rid of the extention(s).
>
> Regards,
> Aage J.