--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Sam Hunt <shunt@n...> wrote:
> Aage Johansen wrote:
>
> >Sam Hunt wrote:
> > > ...
> > > 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
When you are using Tcp/Ip you MUST adhere to the protocol or nothing
will work.
With TCP/IP the numbers 192.168.0.11 are the IP address of your
computer and the value :755 refers to the port on your computer that
you want to use.
In effect 192.168.0.11 is your street address and the port
asks for or supplies a service.
you might goto 192.168.2.11
for 110 to collect your mail
25 to send mail
3050 to connect to Firebird.

Every machine on your network MUST have a different IP address.

> >
> >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,

You don't need hosts files except for complex networks and even then
you need to keep them up to date.
DNS makes it all unnecessary

Mick