You can perform a registry hack so that the port is reserved.
To do this you need to activate regedit

then go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters and
if it does not exist create a multistring value called ReservedPorts.
You then need to specify the value of 3050-3050 (that's the from and To
port range). If key exists just add the 3050-3050 or what ever port you
are using to the list of reserved ports



Regards


Peter

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From: Reinhard Gunacker [mailto:r.gunacker@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 October 2005 10:39 PM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [firebird-support] Prevent Windows from using port 3050


Hi!

I use Firebird 1.5 on several Windows 2000 servers (some of then running

MSSQL and Exchange).
Today, after restarting a server, i could not connect to the database
via network. I recognized that the process 'system' was using port 3050.

After a second restart the process 'msdtc.exe' used it. These processes
start before firebird so starting the firebird server fails because of
the used port.

I found out, that this processes use dynamic ports which changes on
every reboot. So rebooting a third time resolved the problem.

Does anybody know how to prevent Windows from using port 3050?

Thanks in advance!







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