Daniel,

Perfect, as I always specify/request users that
want to use my apps to at least try to use XP Pro.

Thanks,
Steve Fields

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Rail <daniel@a...> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Daniel Rail
> Senior System Engineer
> ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
> ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)