Configuring Network Communications for Clients
How to Configure Network Communications for Your PSQL Clients
To access network files from a machine using a PSQL application, you must use the appropriate client requester at that machine. Your application’s PSQL calls go through the client requester, which sends them to the server for processing and then returns the reply to your application.
Generally, the default configuration settings for PSQL Server and Client are sufficient. You typically do not have to configure any settings for the database engine and clients to communicate and function together correctly.
This chapter contains the following sections.
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Client Network Communication Settings
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Network Path Formats Supported by PSQL Requesters
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IPv6
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Using TCP/IP to Connect to a Windows Server
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Using SPX to Connect to a Windows Server
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Changing the Default Communication Ports
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Using TCP/IP to Connect a Windows Client to Linux or OS X Servers
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Data Encoding
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Using the DOS Requester
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DOS Box Support on Windows