--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "GOVINDKRISHNA"
<gkrishna@j...> wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> Strange problem.
>
> We have Firebird SS 1.0 6.2.794 with Guardian running on a twin

processor Windows 2003 server.

> we have CPU_AFFINITY set to 2
>
> All clients are able to connect and function properly.
>
> Intermittently the clients will freeze. (Stop responding). At this

time new clients cannot connect.

> During this time when we try to connect using a debugger we get a

message

> "No Connection could be made because the target machine actively

refused it"

> This happens on other machines on the network as well as the machine

on which Firebird Server (Windows 2003) is running.

>
> Our clients are written using Delphi and IBO
>
> Sometimes after sometime the problem will get solved on its own.
> However if we restart Firebird Server the problem is definetely

solved and clients are able to work.

>
> This happens about 3 to 4 times a day. During this time the

Interbase .log on both client and server is showing 10054 and 10053 errors

>
> At this time if we check in task manager the CPU activity is not

more than 20 to 25% and the memory usage is also quite reasonable

>
> Can anybody give me some idea of what the problem could be
>
> Regards
> gk
>
>
>

Try this for a list of windows tcp error messages
http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$173

Do you have enough Client licences for yout server?
Mick