/etc/services keeps information about the ports, it is actually machine specific.
You can edit that file and put in your own ports, like you have to do with Informix. I don't think that you can download the file.
After you restore the file from somewhere, add the Informix port number like so
sqlexec 1526/tcp
the same entry has to exist in the services file on the windows machine
from which you are trying to access the database.
These settings also have to be in the setnet32.
After you put in all of the right settings, test the connection.