Make sure your gds port 3050 is listed in your hosts file both locally
and on the server.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> At 01:01 AM 9/11/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >
> >After re-installing Interbase 7.1 Desktop Edition at Windows 2003, I
> >have a
> >problem connecting to interbase server using TCP/IP protocol
> >
> >When I am using the database name
> >string "localhost:C:\Data\MyDatabase.ib",
> >the following error message is appearing:
> >
> >"Unable to complete network request to host "localhost". Failed to
> >establish
> >a connection. No connection could be made because the target machine
> >actively refused it"
> >
> >If I use just "C:\Data\MyDatabase.ib" database connection name, then I
> >successfully connect to the database
> >
> >I checked this connection both from ODBC System DSN Configuration
> >dialog and
> >from Interbase Console and from my application. It's all the same and
> >returning the same error message
> >
> >There is no software firewall at the computer, and I can successfully
> >ping
> >localhost
> >
> >I appreciate any advice
>
> Desktop Edition probably requires you to install a remote user

licence in

> order to connect using a network method. There does appear to be

"something

> different" about TCP/IP local loopback on Server 2003.
>
> ./hb