> The most reliable method: ask network/DB administrator. All
> others can give both kind of fails.

In most of the situations I have to deal with, there is no sysadmin
they are just trying to install a piece of software that happens to
have two parts (server/client). By trying to automate the install as
much as possible I can help to reduce my headaches alot.

> 1. FB can listen on different port.
> 2. FB can use Named Pipes only.
> 3. Someone other can use port 3050.
> 4. It is hard to find all computers, attached to network because of
> firewalls and routers. (Scanning all 192.168.*.* or 10.*.*.* IP
> addresses takes much longer time than looking for administrator.)

By default the system installs with TCP support and always on 3050.
If they're smart enough to have changed the system defaults then
usually they are smart enough to correctly configure the clients.
Most of the time, though, my clients don't even know what a database
is or that they're working with one.

Maybe I'll come up with a solution and post it here.

Ryan.