How do you make the broadcast? You might only be sending the broadcast to
the dial-up network when connected to the Internet and to the local LAN
subnet when not connected to the Internet.

/smn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Tulloch [mailto:tultalk@...]
> Sent: 31. marts 2005 22:55
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] Strange Problem
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> Good Afternoon:
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> Not really fb related but maybe somone has some insight.
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> I have a little com server running as a service listening
> on port 8092. When my app starts, it broadcasts to 8092 and
> com replies telling app where the database is (connection
> string), The com also uses dll to create copy of databse
> before backup and other functions.
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> Anyway, this works great. Tested extensively.
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> I installed app on machine in an office on Monday and while
> testing, someone connected to the internet through dialup. My
> broadcast no longer got a response and so could not locate
> the server. When the person disconnected from the internet
> and hung up, the com/broadcast/response returned.
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> I had not such problem during development so I brought the
> client computer back to my office, hooked it up used the same
> dialer to connect to the same internet account exactly as was
> done at the other location.
> It connected and the application worked fine. No problems
> like at the clients office. I packed up the computer and took
> it back and the problem was again there.
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> I have never heard of such a thing. Could there be some
> issue with the buildings phone lines that can have an effect
> such as this?
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> Thanks.
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> Best regards
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