Bogdan wrote:

>>>Our customer's intranet has two PCs:
>>> One is Linux RH with Firebird 1.5.1, database 2.5G
>>> Copy of that database is on Win XP Firebird 1.5.1.
>>
>>>From intranet there is no difference in connection time
>>>When we try to connect from outside world, the connection to WinXP is fast,
>>>to Linux is very slow.
>>>
>>>If someone has some clue, we will be very gratefull
>
>>How/Where is the outside world connected?
>>Given that there is not a problem internally, the problem will be how
>>the linux box sees the outside world. If it is via the windows box ...
>>I have a routing hub on the ADSL connection, and both my windows and
>>linux machines are as fast as one another when accessed from the other
>>side of that - but I have to use different ports as I only have a single
>>IP address in the outside world ;)

> Customer's connection to outer world is thru router - single IP address
> We use different ports for Linux and WinXp

OK same setup as here
So are you mapping the ports in the router, or using the different port
numbers on the local network?
I used to do the first - and keep port 3050 on each internal server, but
now I run X3050 internally AND externally where X is the 'server number'
as the router seemed to be slow mapping from x3050 externally to 3050
internally.
Not so easy to do is to 'ping' the internal machines from outside, but
'telnet IP port' should give an instant connection and will test routing
to a machine. (Just hit return a couple of times to break the connection
to Firebird - you don't get a real reply)

p.s. I'm sure this is network configuration rather than Firebird.

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Lester Caine
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L.S.Caine Electronic Services