--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Fields"
<stevefields2424@y...> wrote:

> Artur,
>
> I added the entry 192.168.200.1 RECORDS
> to my hosts file but it still gives the error.
>
> (Again my connect string is RECORDS:E:\Data\BikeReg.GDB)
> Also this one is not P2P, but WinNT 4.0
>
> Steve Fields
>
> --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Artur Anjos" <artur@a...> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > On a peer-to-peer network one good practice is creating a hosts
> files, with
> > all ip's of all computers in the nework and copy this file to all
> computers.
> > It should be something like:
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> > 192.168.0.1 PC_1
> > 192.168.0.2 PC_2
> > etc
> >
> > This way you will never have problems identifying or locating the
> computers.
> >
> > Remember: when you try to connect a PC by it's name, he should get
> that info
> > somewhere. It will look first at hosts files, so this will be the
> place to
> > make it independent of NETBEUI network (it should translate the ip
> to name)
> > or DNS server (the place it will look at the end).
> >
> > Artur

I added the gds_db entry to the services file and RECORDS
entry to the Hosts file but still no go.
Should I take this to the Atkins Firebird Support newsgroup?
I have no other ideas. I have tried all of the suggestions.
Is 1.5 Firebird ready for stable release so that I can try
that out? (I have not been able to get to the Firebird
Sourceforge Home Page)

Steve Fields