At 05:43 PM 27/03/2008, you wrote:

>Hi Uwe,
>
>Thank you for the information.
>
>I think the real problem right now is the connection from client to
>server event in default client-server installation. To isolate the
>problem, I prepare 2 desktops running winXP sp2 in one pc I just
>intall the firebird server ver. 2.0.3 (server installation selected)
>and the other one as client (client only installation selected).
>
>Both pc can see each through ip connection (cmd ping).
>
>I'm following installion guide for ver. 2.0 on the server pc and also
>tested so far run accordingly. Using IBexpert personal edition the
>database can be connected locally (on the server-pc).
>
>But when I try to connect the database remotly (from the client pc
>using IBexpert) always got error message kind of:
>"A connection a attempt failed because the connection party didn't
>properly respond after a period of time ....." what could possibly
>mistake that I've done?

Are you sure IBExpert PE supports a remote connection?

./heLen