Hi,

At August 22, 2003, 12:00, Helen Borrie wrote:

> At 03:01 PM 21/08/2003 -0300, Daniel 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.

> That really is a "false Yes" reply to the question, which is the back end
> of a thread on the subject.

I was actually referring to the network setup where there is no
dedicated "Windows" server. (i.e.: network composed of only Windows
2000 Pro computers) Also, I thought the original question was how to
extract from an UNC the server name and the true path name on the
server. I know it is not the best way to perform a setup of an
application, because I wouldn't recommend it either.

> The answer is still No. Clients can NOT communicate with a Firebird server
> in a peer-to-peer setup. Firebird clients using TCP/IP or NetBEUI to
> connect with the server can **coexist** with a peer-to-peer setup. The key
> thing about peer-to-peer is that each device can map to another device as
> if it were a local device. Firebird clients cannot connect to a mapped
> location. The also cannot connect to a share. They connect to a server
> (which is an actual physical machine) and thence to an absolute file path
> on that server. That is NOT peer-to-peer.

As you mentioned very clearly, Firebird operates in a client/server
environment(no shares and/or mapped drives accepted), regardless on
how the underlying network is setup.

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