At 01:33 PM 01-03-02 +0100, you wrote:

>today I tried to connect a new client to a server running FB on W2000.
>
>The server shares a directory called "database" and the server name is
>"server".

It can't be a share - the database path must be ONLY a physical path to a
storage resource that is directly connected to the same server that is
running the Firebird server program.

>I have successfully connected clients running W95 or W98 to the same server.
>
>This time, the client runs Windows NT 4.0 .
>
>As a start, I checked that the server is regularly seen from "Network
>Resources".

The proper test for TCP/IP is to ping the server from the client. If ping
times out, then you know you have some configuration to do on the client
machine - most probably the HOSTS entry is missing.

>Then I tried to connect WISQL.
>
>I set the following parameters:
>
>remote server: checked
>
>server: server
>
>network protocol: tcp/ip
>
>database info: c:\db.gdb
>
>user name: SYSDBA
>
>password: masterkey
>
>These parameters always worked with W95/98 clients.
>
>This time, I got the message: "error while trying to open the file"

That usually means it found the server but it can't find the file.

>I tried also
>
>database info: c:\database\db.gdb
>
>with no luck.
>
>Is there something special with WNT I should know ?

I'm suspicious about those win9x machines - perhaps they were connecting
through NetBEUI or something...

try:
1. ping the server by name (not IP address)
2. if ping is successful, go ahead and make sure that you have the path
exactly correct.
(if not, then set up the HOSTS entry and goto 1 --> 2 until it works).

>This PC is the only one running WNT in the whole office and I was told that
>the technician who built the network had to strive to connect this PC to
>the server (no further information re the reason...).

Hmmm, then make sure you delete IPX/SX from the protocol stack on that
machine. And check the SP number. SP 5 corrected some ugly problems to do
with RAS. That might be pertinent to your problems.

cheers,
Helen

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