Thanks Lester
It in win98 SE.
Yes each can see its own data using a Local database. And can see its
own data when addressing itself as though it were remote, as in your
note. (was the double backslash a mistake on your part ??).
The two can see each other as a workgroup using netbeui and can
exchange files etc Using netbuie.
I removed NetBuei from both, then of course this lost
the 'workgroup', connection and I just left tcp/ip on their network
interfaces.
So far as I know I am using the last Firebird beta.
When I ask it says W1-TI.0.0.338 Firebird Beta2.

one other strange thing I noted about the install routine as supplied
was that it did not update the gds32.dll in windows (which was left
from IB5.6). I had to do that by hand, afterwards. Perhaps the
install routine goofed generally !! ??

--- In ib-support@y..., lester@l... wrote:
> > Now there is one other bit of info in that I had many months ago
set
> > up Linux on both machines. But this is now abandoned and derilict.
> > Could this have got in the way of the windows install ?
>
> Should not make any difference - but Microsoft are involved
> so...
>
> > How can I tell if the windows install has somehow connected the
> > Firebird to the port ?
> > All further help welcomed I have wasted two days on this so far !
>
> Back to basics.
>
> Which version of 98? Second Edition works better ( and
> different ) to First.
>
> I thought you had local connections working, is this still
> the case ?
>
> Can you do a local connection with 'PC1:c:\\ifixed.gdb' ON
> PC1 ?
> ( and the same on PC2 )
>
> You can ping both PC1 AND it's IP address from PC2 ?
> This is important as windows can seem to be using one
> address when it actually uses a different one. ( But it
> should work anyway )
>
> Are we talking the latest Firebird Beta - the one where you
> can change the port number so that it's not 3050. In which
> case 'c:\\ifixed.gdb' will work and 'PC1:c:\\ifixed.gdb'
> will not.
>
> I have to admit that I usually have the 98 machine working
> quite quickly using the simple hard coded ip addresses,
> baring in mind the listed problems, so it has to be
> something funny.
>
> --
> Lester Caine
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