> 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

This one is pretty simple to configure, nothing special on the
Firebird side. The web server must be able to access port 3050 on the
database server. From the sounds of it, you are talking about a single
box being both, so that is done.

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

This method is pretty much a client server model over a very slow
network. The Firebird protocol can be a bit chatty, and provides no
stream compression or encryption. The configuration is as simple as a
port forward of port 3050, I doubt you will be satisfied with the
speed. You could use Zebedee to create a secure compressed channel,
but even this may not provide the speed you like.

Remember that unless you are talking about a dedicated connection to a
backbone, the fastest broadband is still a fraction of the speed of a
slow 10Mbps LAN.

> 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.

If you plan on delivering software over the internet, then you either
need to go with your first option or create different tiers to handle
the different sites.

Adam