At 02:04 PM 9/10/2003 +0900, you wrote:

>Thank you very much again.
>But still does not work.
>
>
>I don't understand what "narrowest to widest" means.

The netmask 255.255.255.0 is the narrowest (LAN).
The more zeros in the mask, the wider the network. That's all.

>My configrations are:
>NIC 1(for firebird client):
>IP addr 192.168.2.172
>Submask 255.255.255.0
>
>
>NIC 2:
>IP addr 192.168.2.175
>Submask 255.255.255.0

These are both LAN interfaces.

>C:\Winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts:
>127.0.0.1 localhost
>192.168.2.172 fbserver
>192.168.2.175 test
>
>I tried to change IP adderss and submask to other value some times, but same
>thing.
>If you have any idea, please let me know.

If you are using Fb 1.5, in firebird.conf you can set the RemoteBindAddress
to the IP address of the card that you want to accept Firebird client
connections.

heLen