I had try below setting all cannot access to the remote server.

I try to ping using dns name and ip address all can go through.

What are the things i can check and how to check thr port no. in use
or there is a need to configure some things in server only can works
???

Urgent help is needed, thanks.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@...> wrote:
>
> --- 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
>