can the client
telnet hostname 3050
?
does the client have an old / unmathcned gds32.dll?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helen Borrie [mailto:helebor@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2002 8:55
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ib-support] Can't connect to server
>
>
> At 01:42 PM 03-12-02 -0800, you wrote:
> >This is very frustrating. I've been on the phone with a customer of mine
> >for several hours and can't get her client to connect with her server.
> >
> >She's getting the infamous Unknown Win32 Error 10061, which means
> >"Connection Refused". Normally I can figure these out, but I can't get it
> >this time.
> >
> >The server is Windows XP Home. The client is Windows ME. The server can
> >connect to itself locally. The client is connecting using the
> machine name.
> >
> >I've checked the following:
> >The client can ping the server both by name and IP address.
> >Both machines have the correct SERVICES entry.
> >Both machines have DNS enabled, and their host name set.
> >The server is NOT firewalled.
> >
> >Anything else I can check? I'm pulling my hair out right now.
>
> What do you mean by "The client is connecting using the machine name"
> ? The client should be connecting using the machine's TCP/IP
> host name and
> the TCP/IP connection string format.
>
> Let's say the tcp/ip host name is Momma and the database on the server
> machine is at d:\data\maindb.fdb ---
>
> The client should get a ping response from
>
> ping Momma
>
> and the application should connect with:
>
> Momma:d:\data\maindb.fdb
>
> heLen
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