Why cannot I connect to a remote InterBase/Firebird server?
There could be several possible reasons that prevent you from successful connection to remote database. If the error message says “Connection failed. Server is stopped or unproper client library is used to establish connection to the server. SQLCode: -904 IB Error Number: 335544375” then probably you should check the correctness of port and host name you’ve entered and also if the remote server is run. It often happens that the port through which the connection is set with InterBase/Firebird server (normally, it’s 3050) is closed for the security reasons by local firewall, corporate firewall or remote server firewall. Please check this with your system administrator or ISP. In order to avoid this limitation you can use SSH tunnel (50, 55). If the error message says “Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your database administrator to set up a Firebird login. SQL Code: -902 IB Error Number: 335544472”, then the reason is that the user doesn’t have permission to access the dat
