Hi Brooks,

I believe that is what you would see if it can indeed connect successfully.
So I think that rules out network and most server config problems.

-steve



On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Brooks Norton <
bnorton@...> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> I am minimally familiar with telnet. I entered the following at the
> command prompt: telnet 192.168.10.126 3050
> The command window changed to TELNET 192.168.10.126. Then I have a
> blinking curser. Nothing after that.
> Thanks for your help.
> Brooks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
> firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Wiser
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:22 AM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] ODBC connection to remote database
>
> 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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