At 11:33 AM 20-09-01 +1000, Helen Borrie wrote:

>1b. You can also change the IB_Connection's Protocol property to cpTCP_IP if you like to dot the i's and cross the t's. However, the component is smart enough to work this out for itself if the Server and

add

... Pathname properties are in the correct syntax.

>2. The clients must be set up to find the server Servername (can be whatever you like) on the network. To do this, add an entry to each client's HOSTS file:
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>10.0.0.1 ServerName

Of course, that IP address should be whatever is the server machine's IP address.

(sorry, too many late nights!)

Helen

>The HOSTS file on Win9x (if it exists) is located in the Windows\System folder. If it doesn't exist, create it by making a copy of the file Hosts.sam and renaming it to HOSTS (no suffix).
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>Apart from that, your TCP/IP diagnostics look just fine.
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>hth,
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