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

> ...
> Read my response again. I explicitly tell you NOT to put the fdb file
> in the data folder on the main computer. Your alias should not point
> to a mapped drive, but the real location of the file on disk as seen
> by the main computer.
>
> 10061 is a winsock error message. It is probably telling you that your
> firewall is blocking Firebird. Did you create an exception in your
> Windows firewall? Are you 100% sure the service is running (check task
> manager)
>
> Adam
>

Adam, thanks for following up. I had failed to say that I tried my
tests with the fdb files in both the networked folder and not in the
networked folder, and with aliases pointing to each. All four tests
had failed (although I only reported on the Z-drive ones).

In any case, the problem turned out to be that I needed to
specifically add the fbserver.exe to the firewall "exceptions" list,
as you noted in your list of suggestions. Now the test program (using
the alias to the non-networked directory) runs fine.

My thanks again,
-- Stan