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Interbase 5.0 connection problem - still.

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Jason 'Wedge' Perry

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Mar 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/17/98
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I really appreciate you answering my news post.

RECAP from previous post:
I have 2 NT4.0 Workstation machines running - one as a client and one as a
server. I had Interbase 4.2 connected and talking from the client to the
server where the database and Interbase server 4.2 was installed. It worked
great. I uninstalled 4.2 on the server and rebooted. I then Installed 5.0
Server and configured the 5 license papers (activation, 10 user, RAS, etc).
Now, I can't connect to the database "cannot find named service gds_db" and
"error 10061" are reported. My services, hosts, and lmhosts files are
correct. I can ping the server name (ping Beethoven) and ping it's IP address

(ping 192.168.1.200) without a problem. I can map drives. The service says
it is started (and the guardian). I can connect locally - however I cannot do

a "loopback" connection on the server. So I loaded NT Server and configured
it the same way. All the files are right, I can ping, and still I cannot do a

"loopback" connection or a remote database connection. Delphi 3.01 won't
connect either. I have installed 4.2 over 50 times and never had a problem
with connections - what's the trick with 5.0??

This is what is reported in the communication diagnostic program:

Path Name = C:\WINNT\System32\gds32.dll
Size = 321536 Bytes
File Time = 05:00:00
File Date = 12/01/1997
Version = 5.0.0.627
This module has passed the version check.
Attempting to attach to beethoven:d:\program files\doms\database\doms.gdb
An InterBase error has occurred while attaching.
Error - Unable to complete network request to host "beethoven".
Failed to establish a connection.
unknown Win32 error 10061

Like I said before, I can ping "beethoven", map drives, etc. This is an
indication that my TCP/IP is set up correctly, right? Here's the end of my
services file (in \system32\drivers\etc):

rscsb 10011/udp
qmaster 10012/tcp
qmaster 10012/udp
gds_db 3050/tcp

I counted the spaces in the rest of the file, and they are always exactly 9
spaces. So, it didn't help. Here's my "hosts" file, from the same directory:

192.168.1.200 beethoven

That is beethoven's IP and its name. Lastly, here is the communication
diagnostic when testing for NetBui:

Path Name = C:\WINNT\System32\netapi32.dll
Size = 224528 Bytes
File Time = 23:00:00
File Date = 04/30/1997
Version = 4.0.1381.4
This module has passed the version check.
Attempting to attach to beethoven using NetBEUI.
Error - An error has occurred attempting to connect to beethoven
using the following pipe: \\beethoven\pipe\interbas\server\gds_db

I am really stuck here. My network guy can't figure it out either.

Thanks,
Jason.


Robert Schieck (TeamB)

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Mar 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/19/98
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Jason:

go to the InterBase server and do the following:

1) run isql or wisql and connect to c:\program files\interbase
corp\interbase\examples\employee.gdb

If this works then your InterBase installation is okay.

2) run isql or wisql and connect to locahost:\program files\interbase
corp\interbase\examples\employee.gdb

If this works then your general tcp/ip installation is okay.

let me know how make out and we will continue

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Andres Nelson

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Mar 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/19/98
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Robert,

I just received Interbase today and am having the exact same problem as
Jason. I tried your suggestions. I can do #1 fine, but #2 fails with the
message,
Unable to complete network request to host "localhost".
-failed to establish a connection
-unknown Win32 error 10061

I also had 4.2 working fine on this server. I installed 5.0 and can no
longer make a connection to the database.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Andres Nelson

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Robert Schieck (TeamB)

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Mar 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/22/98
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Andres Nelson wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> I just received Interbase today and am having the exact same problem as
> Jason. I tried your suggestions. I can do #1 fine, but #2 fails with the
> message,
> Unable to complete network request to host "localhost".
> -failed to establish a connection
> -unknown Win32 error 10061
>

Interesting, I have loaded IB 5 on a dozen machines (usually without
removing 4.x, I am lazy) and it always works fine.

Have a peek at your services file and add the line:

gds_db 3055/tcp

and see it that helps

Paul Wootton

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Apr 2, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/2/98
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This error is a WINSOCK (TCP/IP) error (Authorative refusal, I think).

Check that you can ping localhost.

If you can't, check that you have TCP/IP installed correctly and that
you have an entry in your %WINROOT%\hosts. file like:

127.0.0.1 localhost

That should do the trick.

In article <35153C72...@mers.com>, "Robert Schieck (TeamB)"
<rsch...@mers.com> writes


>Andres Nelson wrote:
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> I just received Interbase today and am having the exact same problem as
>> Jason. I tried your suggestions. I can do #1 fine, but #2 fails with the
>> message,
>> Unable to complete network request to host "localhost".
>> -failed to establish a connection
>> -unknown Win32 error 10061
>>
>
>Interesting, I have loaded IB 5 on a dozen machines (usually without
>removing 4.x, I am lazy) and it always works fine.
>
>Have a peek at your services file and add the line:
>
>gds_db 3055/tcp
>
>and see it that helps
>
>
>

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Regards

Paul Wootton

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