At 12:35 AM 28/07/2004 +0000, Roger Vellacott wrote:

>I stopped and started the Firebird service on a Windows 2000 server,
>and can no longer connect using tcp/ip, even from the server itself.
>
>Communications diagnostics shows the error
>
>"No connection could be made because the target machine actively
>refused it."
>
>I have gds_db 3050/tcp in the services file.
>I can ping the server name ok.
>I can connect using NetBeui ok.
>I have uninstalled and re-installed firebird.
>So what's the problem?

A lot of things aren't clear here.

What version of Firebird are you talking about?
What version of client are you talking about?
What *model* of Firebird are you talking about? (Classic/SS?)
How does the service normally start?
What means are you using, respectively, to stop and restart the server?
What kind of user are you when you do this?
Are you saying that tcp/ip connection stops permanently when you do this?

/heLen