>
> Yes, the remote is accessing the server through the internet using
> TCP/IP. I know the performance is not guaranteed, and sometimes it is
> absolutely normal to be slow. Why I raise this question is becuase I
> came from MySQL+ZeosLib, their remote performance is obviously more
> acceptable than what I am getting now, *under than same network
> condition*. Of course they are no match for Interbase+IBO in terms of
> features and ease of UI building, that's why I leave them to come to
> IBO. If I can make response look faster, I will switch most of my
> development to IBO.
>

Then it might be off topic. I came across a tool called zebedee
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/zebedee), which is a simple program to
establish an encrypted, compressed "tunnel" for TCP/IP or UDP data
transfer between two systems. The compress might help to reduce the
amount of your internet traffic which in turn help to improve your
connection speed.