Frank,

>>this is a network problem rather than a Firebird one...<<

Oh NO!

>>and i'm afraid i'm not really good at this :<<

You and me both!

I'll follow up your suggestions - like you said, anybody out there with any
network expertise who can help on this?

>>P.S.: where did you get Firebird 6 from? i'm still awaiting FB 2 ;-)<<

OOPS - got confused with Interbase 6 :> just shows you gotta read what you
post before you click send.

Regards

Martyn