> > Should just connecting to port 3050 via TCP be enough?
>
> That will at least tell you if there is an unrestricted connection on
> that port.

Is there another type of connection at this point? I'm assuming that
I'll be behind any firewall on the local network. I'm trying to
figure out a way to detect all running FB servers on a local network
so that my clients can visually select a server from a listbox during
the application install.

What I don't want to do is TCP to 3050 and find out later that it
causes some kind of problem and hangs the server for example. I guess
if I don't try to communicate with the port, I just connect and
disconnect that should be good enough, eh?

Ryan.