Problem: Received error 10061 connection refused Solution: INET errors are TCP/IP error codes. A listing of these types of error can be found in (winsock.h) for C/C++ or (winsock.pas) if using Pascal. There are a variety of reasons why the system could return this message. Listed below are some steps to discern what could be causing this error and how to fix it. Steps to resolve / things to check with regard to this issue: 1. If the server machine had local interbase on it before the server version was installed, you may benefit by uninstalling local interbase before attempting to install the server version of interbase. Users have reported difficulty when they did not uninstall old versions of local interbase before installing the server version. If you have data in a database, please back it up before doing the uninstall/reinstall process. 2. Verify the InterBase server is started on the machine that you are trying to connect to. 3. Make sure that you have this entry in your services file on the client and the server. gds_db 3050/tcp 4. Another possibility is the licensing may be incorrect. Make sure that you have the proper license string on the server side for a server version of InterBase -- not local InterBase. 5. Make sure that you have the the servername and ip address correct in the hosts file of the client. 6. Finally, double check the machine name and path in the connect string on the client.
Last Modified: 26-OCT-00