--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "jeremylim2008"
<jeremylim2008@...> wrote:

>
> I try to connect to remote fire-bird server
> the configuration as below;
> e.g.
> dns Name : alken23.dyndns.org
> ip address: 60.50.118.118
> directory : C:\db\HQDB.fdb
>
>
> In server side it can run the system that connect
> to this database.
>
> I had using below setting use dbexplorer to connect to
> remote server which is fail;
>
> 60.50.118.118:C:\db\HQDB.fdb
> 60.50.118.118/3050:C:\db\HQDB.fdb
> 60.50.118.118/gds_db:C:\db\HQDB.fdb
> alken23.dyndns.org/5900C:\db\HQDB.fdb
> alken23.dyndns.org/5900C:\db\HQDB.fdb
> alken23.dyndns.org:5900C:\db\HQDB.fdb
>

What is the question?

Given these forums are public, I hope you change the IP address and
dyndns records when you get it sorted.

The syntax you need is

[hostname][/port]:[path]

[hostname] can be the dns or External IP address. If you are using a
router, you will need to port forward to the internal machine.

[/port] is optional, it defaults to 3050.

[path] is either the physical path to the database as by the database
server or an alias defined on the database server.

There must be a : between the hostname and path (after /port if it is
not default).

eg.

MyServer/3051:c:\MyDatabase.fdb
MyServer:c:\MyDatabase.fdb
192.168.0.1:c:\MyDatabase.fdb

etc

As I have advised others, using Firebird over the internet works, but
works quite slowly. For both security and performance reasons, I would
recommend you use something like Zebedee to create a secure compressed
tunnel.

Adam