Aage Johansen wrote:

>Sam Hunt wrote:
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> > All the PCs on my company's (small) network have an IP address of
> > 192.168.0.11 with an additional segment like ":755", so the complete IP
> > address might be something like 192.168.0.11:755. The ":755" changes
> > for a given PC every time it is rebooted. Does my server need a static
> > IP address?
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>I don't know much about tcp/ip, but your setup seems strange/new...
>I always thought the units on the network must all have a unique address
>(192.168.0.xxx, no ":yyy" (port?)). Your server's address must be fixed,
>or you must use a (fixed) name that the client can resolve to the actual
>current ip address.
>Hope this can be corrected/amended/extended by someone ...
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>Aage J.
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I am aware that Firebird will use the
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts file to resolve host names.
Unfortunately, my server is assigned a dynamic ip address when it boots
(as many of our clients do/will), so the ip addreess in the hosts file
is not good from boot to boot. I must find a solution and I am looking
at some MS resource utilities.
Thx
Sam