--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@l...>
wrote:

> sadler55 wrote:
>
> > I am running a home network and the machine (winXP) which runs

the

> > firebird/interbase application also accesses the internet for

the

> > other machines. The other machines (win 98SE and win XP) lose

their

> > connection to the internet when I install firebird and regain

the

> > connection when I uninstall firebird and do a system restore to

the

> > point just before I installed it. I have repeated this with
> > identical outcome.
> > Any thoughts on how/why this might occur and what I might try?
>
> WinXP Home?
> Using Microsoft 'share connection' stuff?
> These do not like local network TCP/IP and that is probably where

the

> problem is.
>
> Can you install Firebird on the 'other' XP machine. You don't need

to

> USE it on that machine, only access it from the first machine, and

you

> get the best of both worlds, if the other machine is not being

used

> things can be quicker as you share the load :)
>
> --
> Lester Caine
> -----------------------------
> L.S.Caine Electronic Services

It would not be convenient for me to turn on another machines (used
by family in different rooms at very different hours!) at the times
that I need to use this application. Are any of the other internet
sharing softwares better for this? (I also have Sygate but found it
a bit fiddly, so I uninstalled it).
Thanks for your help,
Suzanne