What is the error?

Can you ping the server?

Do you have and entry in the services file on both machines?

You really need to post what you have checked.

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""julien_ferraro"" <j.ferraro@...> wrote in message
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> I've read (I guess at least) all the threads about the subject and
> didn't find any answer to my problem.
>
> The thing is that i want to connect a client application to a server
> (using win98 on all computers). I use Delphi IB components (not
> IBObjects).
> I installed the Firebird client on the client computer.
>
> I can access my database locally (on the server) using
> C:\DatabasePath\Database.gdb for the DatabaseName property of my
> TIBDatabase.
>
> When I decided to try the client I used
> 192.168.100.100:C:\DatabasePath\Database.gdb
> I also tried many other option
> (ComputerName:C:\DatabasePath\Database.gdb, ...)
>
> and nothing works on the client side.
>
> Where am I wrong ???
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Julien
>
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