> Sorry, forgot to mention - the system administrator assured me that
> NO firewall is present and we did check to ensure the Firebird
> server was running
>
> regards
>
> Bill

This is a local area network.. Can I assume that both machines has TCP
installed?
Have you installed any service packs? Can you telnet to the box on 3050?
Have you tried removing TCP and re-installing it?
Alan