Thx for the link Kevin.
That's not it though. The client and server are both WinXP Home SP2.
It wasn't clear if the file mentioned (firebird.xinetd.in) was on
the client or server, but I couldn't find it anyways.

Stephane

> > How come connection to FB is soooo slow on certain systems?
> > On our LAN, there are FB databases on many computers. One of

them is

> > lightning fast when connecting, and all the others are

excruciatingly

> > slow.
> > The only difference I could see is that the fast computer is the
> only one
> > running XP Pro, the others are on XP Home. Could that be the

reason?

> >
>
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?

group_id=9028&atid=109028&func=detail&aid=1065511

>
> Kevin Smith
>