Subject RE: [firebird-support] Zebedee, Firebird, and Dynamic DNS
Author Alan McDonald
> > Ok, I just had the customer try switching back to a direct connection
> > to Firebird instead of using ZeBeDee. It's been two full days, and
> > not a single disconnect. So, it's definitely ZeBeDee that is causing
> > the disconnects. I don't have any of the timeouts activated in
> > Zebedee on either the server or the client (I posted the config files
> > a couple days ago), so I can't think of anything else to configure
> > differently in ZeBeDee.
> >
> > The customer is happy that they're not getting the disconnects, but
> > really needs the speed back that they were getting with ZeBeDee.
> >
> > I don't think that the "ping" idea will make a difference because
> > they were getting disconnected when there was plenty of successful
> > activity right before the disconnect.
> >
> > Any other ideas? Is there another solution that would speed up their
> > performance besides ZeBeDee that may be more "tolerant"?
> >
> > -Joe

couple of other things to note
1. no UDP for Firebird (MySQL yes but FB NO)
2. you don't mention events - hope you don't use them - if you do, that's
another kettle of fish
3. I assume you have addressed the default zebedee port 11965 - and you have
opened it thru the FW

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> these are my zpd files - I have never had disconnects. try the redirect
> lines as shown - your client has redirect none whereas mine is at
> the server
> Server
> #-----------------------------------------------------------------
> # Config file to use on a Server running Firebird & ZeBeDee
> #
> verbosity 2 # Message type
> server true # Server Mode
> detached true # Free from console
> udpmode false # we don't need UDP
> logfile 'c:\program files\zebedee\zbdserver.log' # I love log files
> keygenlevel 2 # Key level
> redirect none # Close all redirection ports
> redirect 3051 # Firebird default port
> targethost localhost # target is on the same machine
> compression zlib:9 # maximum zlib compression
> keylength 256 # 256 bits keys
> keylifetime 36000 # share keys last for 10 hours
> maxbufsize 16383 # Maximum buffer length
> #----------------------------------------------
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> #------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Config File - Client
> #
> verbosity 2 # Basic messages only
> server false # Client
> logfile 'c:\program files\zebedee\zebedeeclient.log' # I love log files
> tunnel 3053:myipaddress:3050
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