All XP (Home and Pro) in a Peer-to-peer
All PCs IP address dynamically assigned
The Firebird server is DevBox_1.

** CONF settings: **
FIREBIRD.CONF
DatabaseAccess = None

ALIAS.CONF
# List of known database aliases
# ------------------------------
# dummy = c:\data\dummy.fdb
AT6Test=c:\program files\at60test\auctiontracker.fdb
CT6Test=c:\program files\at60test\constituent.fdb

I also have datasources defined on the Firebird PC server DevBox_1 for
AT6Test and CT6Test, since I originally developed this app using a
D7/ADO database connection object and built the connection string with
the MS ODBC manager.

If I use just the "AT6Test" and "CT6Test" (as instructed in THE book)
in the D7/ADO/Database connection object connection string, it runs
fine on the server, but not on the client. If I replace the ODBC
manager-created connection string with the alias address type of
DevBox_1:AT6Test, I get the following error from the server AND client
machine (with approriate FB client installed):
"Error: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found
and no default driver specified"

This should be simple, but it evades me.
Thx in adavance.
Sam Hunt