Dave,

Have you checked that there is a entry 3050/gds_db in the SERVICES.
file?


Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Bullar [mailto:comesailing@...]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:30 PM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ib-support] win98 firebird connections
>
>
> I am losing all my hair !
> I have two win 98 machines on my desk. I want to have one
> set-up as a server
> and theother as a client. I have set tcp/ip on each and they
> can ping each
> other.
> I have set up firebird as client and server on each (because
> I want the
> client to have a local database). I have set up the hosts
> file on each ..
> but possibly wrongly.
>
> I have set PC1 network address as 169.254.0.3 and PC2 as
> network address as
> 169.254.0.6
> Then I have set the hosts file on PC1 to say 169.254.0.6 PC2
> and the hosts file on PC2 to say 169.254.0.3
>
> I have told each of them working seperately that the sysdba
> password is say
> 'nuts' and I have given each of them a small database file called
> 'c:\ifixed.gdb'.
> I have given both computer full access to the other's drive
> C. But I cannot
> get them to talk either way round !
>
> Please can someone help or at least point ot somewhere where a fully
> detailed process is given.
> Thanks Dave.
>
>
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