Bill,

>
> Have also used IBExpert Communication Diagnostics which can connect using
> Netbeui and gets the following result with TCP:
>
> Found Service GDS_DB at port 3050
> Failed to connect to host PA-HQ-SVR-RDC on Port 3050
> Error num 10035
>
> Can someone please explain why I can't get a TCP connection. Have also
> tried to use IP address instead of server name with same result.
>

Can you ping the server using its name or IP?

Do you have PA-HQ-SVR-RDC listed in your %system%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file?

Florian