Hi,

Is it possible to bind the DBISAM Database Server to several
IP-addresses, and if yes - how?

TIA

Daniel

Daniel,

<< Is it possible to bind the DBISAM Database Server to several
IP-addresses, and if yes - how? >>

There are only two options - bind to one IP address or bind to all of the IP
addresses.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
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> Daniel,
>
> << Is it possible to bind the DBISAM Database Server to several
> IP-addresses, and if yes - how? >>
>
> There are only two options - bind to one IP address or bind to all of the
> IP addresses.
>


Can somebody explain the "bind to all" option? Thanks.

Robert

> Can somebody explain the "bind to all" option? Thanks.
>

Most likely it's the generic answer: In nearly all server applications
(because they're based on such socket/networking stacks...), if you
specify 0.0.0.0 as the address to bind to, it will automatically listen
to all addresses on the machine. That includes ones you've
created/assigned, and all the loopback addresses, etc.

Robert,

<< Can somebody explain the "bind to all" option? Thanks. >>

A good example is always 127.0.0.1.  When binding to all IP addresses on the
machine, the database server will listen to any incoming connections on
127.0.0.1 *and* the actual net card IP address being used, such as
192.168.0.5, etc.  When binding to only the 192.168.0.5 IP address, the
database server will only listen on that address, and any connections to
127.0.0.1 will fail since the database server is not bound/listening on that
IP address.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com