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For a quick start in Networking, use this topic. Below goes a more extensive coverage on how to connect to a database

To use Networking you will need 2 components:

• | Server

• | EPIM Client

Server is essentially a Firebird Server and is a part of Network Package. If you have chosen to install it, you can now see it in Windows Start menu (Programs->Firebird-> Firebird Server). Most probably it is already running on your computer (look for fbserver.exe running as a process)

If it is running already, no further steps need to be taken in regards to Server component.

You can download Server from this page.

Now let's setup a Client (which is actually any copy of EPIM 2.x). You can connect to EPIM database virtually from anywhere, LAN, VPN, Internet. You just need to know:

• | IP Address of the machine (or Name, if connecting within LAN)

• | Name and Path to the database on a Server

Let's try to connect to EPIM database which is lying on a computer which has EPIM Server installed:

• | Start EPIM

• | Close any open database (File-> Close)

• | Go to File-> Connect to Database (If window is disabled)

You will see this window:

In field "Server" you can insert either name of the computer (if it is within your LAN) or IP address of the machine (if you are accessing it from Internet or WAN) that has EPIM Server installed.

In field "Database file" you need to insert a path to EPIM file you want to connect with. Remember it is a server path, i.e. you should know where this file lies on the server machine. Database file is any EPIM 2.x database.

Login: upon creation, each database has only one built-in user: "SYSDBA" and default password is "masterkey". Later on you can create more users.

Now you will connect to a database through EPIM Server.

Attention firewall users! Firebird uses 3050 port to communicate to EPIM. Please make sure fbserver.exe and EssentialPIM.exe can send and receive network packets at this port, otherwise you will not be able to connect.