--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Geomastique
<geo.mastique@l...> wrote:

>
> little trouble maybe easy for you :
>
> until now, i have used firebird on my local computer. my bdd is on
> C:\bdd\mybd.fdb and i use ib expert for accessing the database
>
> i just install a server (win2003 server). i install firebird on this

server.

> from my computer, i can not connect the server, i try with the name and
> whith the ip adress. no connection.
> i don't understand, it should be so easy ?

This is probably the bug/feature/problem with local connections
through a terminal server session. It is a pain, but you can not use a
local connection through a terminal server connection (which makes
running gstat remotely a barrel of fun).

Change your connection string to a local loopback when connecting from
the server. There are very few places where a local connection
actually makes sense, since it restricts connections to a single
program. Even if your program is a single user program, this will
prevent admin tools like IBExpert from running while your program is
running, which is a pain.

If you are connecting from the client, then the format you need is.

servername:c:\path\to\database.fdb

or better still use an alias!

Assuming your connection string is right but still can not connect, try

ping servername

and check you can see the server.

Then try and connect directly to the firebird port using a telnet session.

telnet servername 3050

The screen should go blank at this point. If it says connection
refused etc, then you have a firewall issue.

Too many ifs from here, so if you are still stuck at this point, let
us know.

Adam