At 10:16 AM 26/05/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi
>
>We have a site with two win98 pc's (shame).
>
>Our app runs on the firebird server pc, but on the client pc we get:
>
>Unable to complete network request to host HOSTNAME. Failed to
>establish connection. Network access denied.
>
>Now using explorer we can browse the "server" pc, add delete files
>etc. There is no firewall. TPC/IP is installed on both pcs with fixed
>IP. Using Firebird 1.0.3

1. What does the connection string look like?
2. What happens when the client pings the server?
3. Do you have HOSTS entries for the server on *both* machines?

btw, Explorer has nothing to do with TCP/IP. But at least we know there is
a wire between the two machines.

/heLen