Donald Klopper wrote:

> What about named pipes (NetBEUI) / IPX? (I don't know whether FB supports
> this, NetBeui still seems to work)
>
> I'm working from memory here so please don't kill me if I'm completely
> wrong!
> One of my customers is using this (NetBEUI) since their TCP/IP was messed up
> from Win2000 Server (SBE) .. don't ask.

If they are running NetBEUI AND a firewall ....
Most of the systems I work with now have either NetBEUI over
TCP/IP or switched off altogether because of the security
risk ;)

> The syntax for named pipes in Interbase used to be
> \\machine_name\c:\path\database.gdb for named pipes, I think,
>
> Note this is not the same as UNC which is
> \\machine_name\sharename\path\database.gdb (This syntax should never be
> used!)
>
> Then the firewall is a non-issue since only TCP/IP packets are filtered, net
> NetBEUI one's.
>
> Note that the server will then have to be on the LAN (NetBEUI is not a
> routable protocol to my knowledge), and NetBEUI must run on the server and
> client(s).
>
> You can also do a so-called "direct" connection, using the local path, which
> (I may be mistaken) does not rely on TCP/IP, but uses a direct connection.

And still has problems with multiple threads - I believe - I
only run TCP/IP and then control the security, rather than
leaving the back door open :)

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