Lester,

Can you TELNET to port 3050?

From a windows command-prompt telnet to a non-serviced port will give
you an error like "connection failed". Telnet to 3050 blanks my
command-window, meaning there is something there.

If Telnet also fails there might be something blocking outgoing traffic
to port 3050.

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> - connection actively refused - while the clone is working fine. Both access
> apache fine on the same remote servers.
>

What happens if you make the firebird-server listen on a port below 1024
instead of 3050?

regards,
John