Zoran Zivkovic wrote:

> We are preparing to connect our 4 sale places over the internet
> (mix of fast ADSL conections and wireles access points). Can
> someone advice what I should do in order to prepare Firebird to be
> ready to work with this configuration. I am thinking about 2 versions:
> - Apache web server + HTML application

I'd go with this one. We've been using it with success for past two
years with wireless connections. I assume you are from Serbia as well?

> - Direct connection on remote database trough ip address :
> 192.63.x.x:c:\etc (preferred)

A part of our applications uses direct connection. It is bearable, but
still too slow for interactive work (if you compare with web app.). I
even build a separate applications (FBExport+scripts) to move large
amounts of data faster.

> I would appreciate if someone can advice about this issue.Any
> specific known problems, I would appreciatte solutions and similar
> things. Or if there is some web page where I can get some more data
> about this issue.

In any case, make sure you protect the data flow, either by creating
some kind of VPN or using tunneling software like OpenSSH, stunnel or
Zebedee.

Good luck,

Milan.