Hi,

At August 21, 2003, 11:47, Steve Fields wrote:

> Just a short reply is all that is needed: Will
> IBObjects/IB/FB work, at all, in a Peer2Peer set
> up?

I have clients setup in a Windows 2000/XP Peer-2-Peer environment.
But, there are a few things to remember:

1- Your users need to know which computer has to stay on, for the
application to work. And, believe me, they will occasionally forget.
So, it might be possible that they either shutdown or reboot the
computer that is running Firebird, and forgetting that there might
be someone connected to Firebird.

2- Always use TCP/IP to connect, since NetBEUI can be a network hog.

3- The database file still has to be local to the same computer that
Firebird is running.

4- It's better to use Windows NT/2000/XP to run Firebird, since
Firebird can be setup to run as a service and your users wouldn't
have to remember to start it, if you didn't set it up to start
automatically in application mode. The other computers, Firebird
clients, can be Win9x platforms.

5- With an application running on the same computer as Firebird,
Firebird has a good chance of running slower.

Hope this helps.

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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)