Hi Helen,

Maybe also the optional FB port number in the connect string?

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Helen Borrie wrote:

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> At 11:33 AM 20-09-01 +1000, Helen Borrie wrote:
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> >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
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> add
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> ... Pathname properties are in the correct syntax.
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> >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
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> Of course, that IP address should be whatever is the server machine's IP address.
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> (sorry, too many late nights!)
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> Helen
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> >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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