Can you telnet to that server to port 3050 to see if you can access the
Firebird port and it is listening on the server?

-steve

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Brooks Norton <
bnorton@...> wrote:

> Thank you for the reply.
>
> I used the ip address of the host machine and got the same result. I can
> ping it. I verified the IP address is correct.
>
> Brooks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
> firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Borrie
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:04 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [firebird-support] ODBC connection to remote database
>
> At 03:13 AM 2/06/2011, Brooks Norton wrote:
> >After my original success connecting, now I can no longer connect from my
> PC.
> >
> >I use the following connection string:
> >AIO-INSPECTION:C:\INSPECTOR\DB\MIRTEC_SVR.FDB
> >
> >I have confirmed and reconfirmed the path is correct.
> >
> >When doing a test connect from the Windows ODBC Administrator I get the
> error:
> >Open Database �AIO-INSPECTION:C:\INSPECTOR\DB\MIRTEC_SVR.FDB� failed.
> >
> >Where else can I look for the problem?
>
> Try to test the theory that it's that hyphen in the hostname that's causing
> grief: replace the hostname with the IP address of the host machine.
>
> ./hb
>
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