> What causes a connection to a distant database on a firebird
> server via IBManager or IBAdmin or IBEasy to break down after
> a few minutes of inactivity? Is it the server itself that
> closes the connection? Any way to keep a connection alive all
> the time? Thank.

If your running a firewall on the remote server check to see if it has a
timeout value.

Rgds

Si Carter
TECT Software Ltd
http://www.tectsoft.net/