One more thing,

Another option if you already have a client-server version working is
terminal services. Each remote site can remote desktop into a single
server.

Adam

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@y...> 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
>
> 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
>