Hello Adam,

> IIRC, there is a bug in the installer that installs guardian with
> classic. I dont know if that is your problem, but I don't think it is
> a good idea to run guardian with a classic server.

It isn't. I know several people who don't see any "phantom connections"
anymore when the guardian isn't used in combination with Classic.

> Also, replace localhost with the hostname of the machine or the IP
> address of the machine or 127.0.0.1 just to rule out network issues.

As said, using the same TCP/IP connect string with SuperServer let me
connect to the database.

> This is the exact winsock message:
> http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/WSK-19980714-EM22.htm

Thanks for that.



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