Before you begin setting up connectivity, you will need the following information about your environment:

• Server name: The server name is the name of the remote database server program. This is also known as the Informix Server.
• Host name: The host name is the name of the host containing the remote database server.
• Protocol name: The protocol name describes the communication protocol in use on your network. If you are using TCP/IP, the protocol entry on this line should always be tcp. If your configuring an NT or Win95 system, the protocol is olsoctcp
• Service name: The service name is an arbitrary name you provide for a remote database server.
• Port number: The port number is located on the remote system server that the database is monitoring. Your database administrator should be able to provide this value.

Other items needed are:

• USER NAME: User known to host machine
• PASSWORD: Password for user name
• Administrator privileges on Windows NT
• Client-side connection software already installed

You will always have matching entries in the services files of the server and the client. The port number entered here should typically be unique to the file (only 1 1525/tcp entry in a given file)

Service Name is identified in the following places.

UNIX	/etc/services
NT	\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\services
WIN95	\WINDOWS

INFORMIXSERVER:

Entry in the ONCONFIG file (on database server): DBSERVERNAME or DBSERVERALIAS

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