When I telnet to it, I get
"Connection to host lost".

But I can use Firebird JDBC to connect and access that remote
server without any problem.

Thanks,

Ben

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McDonald" <alan@m...>
wrote:

> > For dbname, I specified
> >
> > fbserver_1:c:\PROD.GDB
> >
> > where fbserver_1 is the name of the server and
> > c:\prod.gdb is the path.
> >
> > I can ping to fbserver_1 successfully. But I can not use
> > ODBC to connect to it.
> >
> > Ben
>
> Yes - they can
> you say you can ping fbserver_1.. Can you telnet to it on 3050 or

whever

> port you have it running on?
> Is the server running?, if it is you will get a telnet response

immediately,

> if not then telnet will hang. Is the port available to you? i.e. no
> firewalls?
>
> Alan