Hi Matt,

Does the following command work from a dos box in the windows client?

telnet linux1 3050

work (ie: return a blank screen) or
not work (ie: say connection refused or similar error message)

Adam

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "matt_demaray"
<matt_demaray@y...> wrote:

>
>
> 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