Hi,

I installed the IDS 9.4 found in IIUG, configured it (just for a brief
test), started it, created a new database, and everything was fine.

I can connect via shared memory or soctcp with dbaccess with no problem, BUT
when I try to connect via setnet with dbping, I only get error -908 with
sqlstate 08004. I've the latest Informix Client SDK (setnet & co)
available, freshly downloaded today.

The firewall is disabled in RedHat and I can ping, ftp, use a shared folder
with samba or ssh with PuTTY with no problems.

I must say also, that I'm new to Linux, and I'm not sure if the changes to
the kernel parameters where correct (the ones that I found, not the ones
that I've never seen like SEMMNI).

Please, can somebody help me !!! Thanks in advance !!!

In setnet I have
User Name: informix
Password: *mine*
Informix Server: idslinuxnet
Host Name: 146.146.0.1
Service: 5555
Protocol: onsoctcp
Database: prueba

[informix@RedHat etc]$ uname -a
Linux RedHat.XCellent.com 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:18:24 EST 2003 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux

From ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03:2B:4D:B3
inet addr:146.146.0.1 Bcast:146.146.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:67 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:44869 (43.8 Kb) TX bytes:5126 (5.0 Kb)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x9400

From /etc/profile
export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix
export ONCONFIG=onconfig.idslinux
export INFORMIXSERVER=idslinuxshm
export DBEDIT=vi
PATH=$PATH:$INFORMIXDIR/bin

From $ONCONFIG
DBSERVERNAME idslinuxshm # Name of default database server
DBSERVERALIASES idslinuxnet # List of alternate dbservernames
NETTYPE ipcshm,1,15,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
NETTYPE soctcp,1,15,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype

From sqlhosts
idslinuxshm onipcshm RedHat sqlexec
idslinuxnet onsoctcp RedHat redhatids

From /etc/services
redhatids 5555/tcp # Informix Dynamic Server

From onstat -
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 -- On-Line -- Up 00:27:01 --
28208 Kbytes

Manuel Daponte wrote:

did you just enter 5555 into service in setnet?
I always made an entry into hosts and services on Windoze to match *nix
side.

Maybe that's it.

HTH

Michael