I'm having a problem connecting to a firebird 1.5.2 classic server
running on linux. I'm trying to connect using isql from windows (I
did a firebird 1.5.2 client-only install on the windows pc). I can
connect to it locally just fine using isql on the linux server
('connect localhost:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb').

When I try to connect from windows using isql it gives me this message:

SQL> connect linux1:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb;
Statement failed, SQLCODE = -902

Unable to complete network request to host "linux1".
-Failed to establish a connection.
-The system could not find the environment option that was entered.

I can ping linux1 just fine, and netstat on the linux server tells me
that port 3050 is being listened on.
I'm using xinetd for starting the server and the correct firebird
startup script is in the xinetd.d directory.
Also, I have checked the permissions of the employee.fdb database and
they are set correctly at 660 with owner and group being firebird.
For testing purposes I set my hosts.equiv file to '+ +' to allow
anyone from anywhere. There is no firewall installed on the server
and only a switch between the server and the windows pc. The windows
pc can connect fine to other servers running interbase 5.6

Lastly, no entries are added to the firebird.log file when I try to
connect to the linux server from the windows pc.

I'm stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt