--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Thomas"
<rthomas@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Adam et al:
> I pinged localhost and I heard information about packets 4 I think

and 0

> were messed up according to the quick response, the window closed

almost

> immediately.But, it sounds like FB is up and running. I've got to

research

> how to use the command line with my screen reader before continuing.

I just

> thought you, who helped me, might want to know what was suggested

has worked

> perfectly.
> Thanks all:
> Rick USA
>

Ping simply asks the server machine 'Are you there?' and then provides
information about how long it takes to get a reply. It is useful for
looking at whether a server is being blocked by a firewall etc, but
does not tell you whether the service is listening for connections.

The easiest way to see if something is listening on the Firebird port
(which normally means either Firebird or Interbase is installed) is to
use the telnet command on the Firebird port.

telnet [server hostname] 3050

eg:

telnet localhost 3050

A blank screen should appear (I do not know how a screen reader would
cope with that). If it says something like 'connection refused', then
either the service is not running or not installed properly, or the
firewall is blocking the connection.

Adam