--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Albert" <albert@f...> wrote:

> Yes, the routes are correct and all the clients can ping the servers

as well

> as telnet'em (so there aren no blocking firewalls between).
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> When they launch the program, it usually takes 1-2 minute to connect

to the

> database, as steve has pointed before, it seems like there is a dhcp
> timeout. What I don't really know is what address do they need to

resolve ¿?

> There are some old w98 computers on that network.
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> I'm gonna investigate further on this, it's really annoying that wait.
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Can connect but takes a long time for initial connection,

This reminds me of the HT bug (which I don't know if it has been fixed
or not). Try switching off hyperthreading in BIOS and see if that
fixes it?

Adam