Hi All:
I just discovered the world of the Command Shell! Great, another fine mess!
Not a simple command or two but an entire, rather complex, language.
I'm reading up on it now. Sorry for the question about getting to the bin
sub-directory. It's not even a Firebird thing.
I guess I use some form of the path command so that's what I'm reading up
and trying to invoke.
Thanks, without pointers I wouldn't even know what to look for:
Rick USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam" <s3057043@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Pinging the Host


> --- 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.
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> telnet [server hostname] 3050
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> eg:
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> telnet localhost 3050
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> 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
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