Hi Comin, I face the same problem before with ORACLE XE and XP SP2, I think you have to add the FB service to the program exceptions in the windows Firewall.
Regards Bahry Delphi-Talk Discussion List wrote: > Hello everyone! > > This one might be considered OT because it's not directly related to > Delphi programming. As a matter of fact I already ran some tests and > it's not directly related to my compiled Delphi application ether. None > the less I'm the application developer and my application does not work > in the context my user wants it to work, and unfortunately I need to > point the finger at the proper problem (otherways my application gets > the blame for the malfunction). > > Enough theory, here's the problem. My application uses an Firebird SQL > server for it's client-server stuff. The server has to run on one > computer and clients work on many other computers. All clients connect > to the Firebird server using TCP/IP. Unfortunately the Firebird server > can't be contacted from any other computer except the server computer > itself! If I run "netstat -a n -o" I can see the opened port and I can > see it binds to 0.0.0.0 so it should be visible from anywhere in the > LAN. Unfortunately this does not happen and I think it's because of some > odd Local Policy or Group Policy setting somewhere. Please note XP's > firewall is NOT active. Also note there's no 3rd party firewall or > anti-virus software installed. > > Any idea where to look? > Thanks, > Cosmin Prund > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > <mailto:Delphi-Talk@elists.org> > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > . __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
