The applicable line in the pg_hba.conf file is
host <<database_name>>, <<database2_name>> <<username>> 192.168.0.0
255.255.0.0 password
The connection is made via the PostgreSQL ODBC driver from on Win2k
machine with a Linux account username and password.
The connection command from Visual Basic is dbSG.Open
"DSN=postgreSQL;UID=<<username>>;PWD=<<password>>;Database=<<database_name>>"