I've read the All About Connections thread and, while it was
informative, it leaves me with some questions:

1) Is TCP/IP preferable to other protocols?
2) Which is preferable, DNS or IP Address?
3) What IP address should I set my NICs to?
4) Am I correct that I must make entries in the HOSTS.SAM file for
the IP Addresses of my NICS?
5) If I use IP Addresses, what settings must I make for a
TIBO_Connection? Just the database path in the format
hostname:driveID:\dirname\dbname.gdb? Or something else?

Sorry to be so ignorant about this; TIA.