At 21:00 16/02/01 +0000, Lester Caine wrote:

>The alternative method of working is to use NetBeui. On the client
>machine open IB_Console, and try and register a connection to the Remote
>Server, using the server's name, and selecting NetBEUI protocol. If that
>connects, then you can Register the database under Databases.

Does this have to be done before the following is possible? Sadly, when I
try, I get the following message:

Unable to complete network request to host 'X'
Failed to establish a connection
Unknown WIN32 error 65

>For NetBEUI to work direct to an application, I have just ended up using
>
>\\ENGINEERING\C:\DATA\EQUIPMENT.GDB
>
>Which is not quite what I expected, as I thought that the drive ( C: )
>should be replaced with the Share Name of the drive. But this format
>works NetBEUI on my system.
>
>I use IBObjects, and the IB_WISQL tool allows you to type in the above
>line and connect.

This also fails with the following message:

ISC ERROR CODE: 335544721
ISCR ERROR MESSAGE
Unable to complete network request to host 'X'
Failed to establish a connection
Network access is denied

X is the name of the remote computer as it appears in Network Neighborhood.
Other communications, such as copying files etc, work OK.

I searched through my archives looking for Netbeui and hoped that thanks to
Lester I had found the answer. Disappointing. The reference in the manual
is minimal.

IB 6.01, Win95, Delphi 5 + patch, IBX 4.52. Suggestions most welcome.

I note that Dale eventually gave up on Netbeui and switched to TCP/IP. I'd
like to avoid this.

Peter Lawson