Connectivity

Does anyone know of a 3rd part plug-in to support FileMaker on.Elgator's Stream Deck XL? I would like to run FMP scripts directly by pushing a button.

Hello, I'm setting up a FileMaker worker machine to provide web access to our FileMaker Server (version 16), going through a PFSense firewall. I have a NIC on the worker facing the Internet, and another going to the OPT2 NIC on the firewall. I thought it would be fairly simple to direct that through the firewall and onto our private network, but I can't even ping the firewall from the worker machine. Wondering if there's anyone here familiar with this setup, or perhaps just a good idea in general what I should do here. My networking experience is limited. Thanks, Ron

Hi, If a client decides to host the solution within thier network via filemaker server 13 does the client need a dedicated IP to have outside user log into their solution ?

We recently bought an Evolysis Card Printer, which prints Front and Back of the card automatically. (Current Situation: We are using a Corel Draw template, the front is on page 1, while the back side is on page 2.. when we want to print, we simply select page 1 and 2 and the printer prints the ID Card front and Back automatically) However, with filemaker, we print the front and then inserts the card back to the printer so as to print the back side. Thus, the layout design of our database has the Front Side on one layout, and then the Back side on another layout. With this new Printer, how can we leverage on its dual page printing capability in designin…

Hi All, I don't really know if the Title really explains my situation, but here it is.. I have Four Fields: Name, Gender, Class and Policy Policy Field is an Unstored Calculation with the calculation below with result set to Text If ( Gender = "Male" & Class = "Primary"; "RUNNING" ;"EXPIRED") Meaning, my intention is to Set the Policy field as Running, if the Student is Male and in Primary Class, otherwise, it should be set to Expired.. The calculation does not work, some fields are displayed correctly with the correct value while others are not. However, if I remove the Logic "&" from the calculation making it only a single cri…

I have come across this technique severally on this forum, but I can't figure out how this really works. Right now I am faced with a situation that requires similar technique and I can't seem to get it work. I have Table A and Table B. 1. I want to script an import Process that will first export all records in Table A into Table B (kinda A Clone Copy of Table A) Thats just my basic objective 2. Then from there, I would want to be able to do similar Process but this time, I will only update the records in Table B with that of Table A using a match field. 3. I will also love to perform the process based on a found count. ie after performing a find of spe…

Our Server is situated in the Office. We can all connect using Client and using the web browser by entering the address http://192.168.1.4/fmi/WebD# But now, I want to be able to connect from home. I have checked the forum on similar topics on Port fowarding, so I tried configuring ours , my settings are shown on the screenshot attached. We have Static IP Address for our Router (which is shown on the screenshot), however, I can't seem to connect. I don't know where I got it wrong, though my Router's interface settings are quite different from the suggestions posted on the forum.

Does anyone have anyone have any experience with shored hosting with the company FM Connection? We're looking for a hosting company that charges in Euros, and that's the only one that I've been able to find so far. Thank you!

Hello I have a peer to peer 2 stations... win7 FM-12 adv station 1 running the FM code.. station 2 is open remote How can I test if Station1 is trying to do some test, but I do not want station 2 do test Or if a FM user logs on as a Remote, to know a remote user vs/ loading operator the app I do not want remotes stations to do something Only certain action be perform from originating FM application loading station 1 Any ideas, didn't know where to put this question TIA

Hi, I have a server on one of the ISP. For more than one years it is running. But today I can not connect to databases published. I have checked the port number 5003, it is open. Windows firewall is off. FileMaker sever is running, I can connect server by the filemaker runs on the server machine. FileMaker running on the server machine can not connect any other server. CWP page is running over http. I am missing something, what could I do to solve this problem? Regards, Osman

I have a small lan (3 workstations) connected to fmserver 13. OS is win server 2008 R2 . It is working without any problems. I would also like to connect to it remotely with a WAN connection. The IP address of the server is 192.168.1.102. I know I have to forward a port on the router which is an Asus RT-N66U. This is a screen shot of my settings. However when I run a test to check if Port 5003 is open it fails.  Â

Hi, I am looking to create a solution that does one of the following two tasks: Interrogate an NMS to which SNMP codes have been sent (I do not wish to interrogate the device/service themselves sending the traps OR Have the ability for Filemaker to act as an NMS itself - actually, this would be the more seamless version, and preferred method. Does anybody know of such a product or how it may be achieved? I have an interesting product idea that doesn't _seem_ to have been addressed yet, and the above functionality would be the engine behind it all. Please advise. Comments welcome. Thanks Greg

Hi, Three remote offices connect to a hosted FM solution (larger than 50.000 records, many tables and files, separation model in place) using port 5003. The database is located in office 1. Office 2 is in the same country, different city, office 3 is in a different country. Both remote offices complain that the FM solution is slow when showing records and other operations (not even mention showing a report). They are using 4 Mb and 10 Mb symmetrical DSL lines. Locally the solution works fine. Besides FM, Internet connection in every office is also fine all time (no congestion or slow response). The database does not contain fancy images, icons, container fields …

Has anyone had any experience using WAN optimization hardware, e.g. Silverpeak, with FileMaker? The basic idea is you have two dedicated machines at both physical locations of the WAN which inspect the data and cache it, so the next time the user requests the same data, they pull it from the local machine rather than across the WAN. Does this sound like something that would help FileMaker performance? My IT department is recommending it but I'm skeptical. Thanks in advance. -Nate

Hello - new user to FM here, and have some questions. I am wanting to work with another person to create a filemaker data base. Our two computers are not on the same local area network. So I have some questions, Without buying filemaker Server, can we: Both work on a filemaker database project - editing layouts, etc? Use my computer to essentially be the "Server" and allow other computers to remotely access the data base, including iPads / iPhones? We intent to buy the server later, but due to cost we want to ge this off the ground and working first. Thanks in advance!

I'm just beginning to try and configure a network to allow access to the FileMaker system from the outside world. The company has a cable connection to the Internet with five static IP addresses and the rest of the computers being configured with DHCP. They also have a Time Capsule providing wireless access to the network. The FileMaker Server, running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and FileMaker Server 9.0.3.326 is one of the machines with a static IP address. The FileMaker Server is configured to allow all network traffic in via the System Preferences>Security>Firewall screen. It would seem to me that given the above the FileMaker server should be available to the outside n…

Hi everyone, someone can tell me about SAP integration esperiences. Which kind application area have you use or which temes have you covered with mobile application (FMGo) Thank a lot for your attention. mario (from Italy)

I have limited knowledge of Ethernet and TCP/IP so you will excuse my ignorance... I have FileMaker Pro 12 that host a file on OSX. I need to get, on the hosting FileMaker Pro, the ip address of this same computer. On the network preference of the Mac I've IPv4: 192.168.1.130 (the router is 192.168.1.254) This is the IP that I need to get in my calculation...but: On the sharing of FM I have 10.0.2.1; 192.168.1.130 A get(SystemIpAddress) gives me: 10.0.2.1 192.168.1.130 192.168.238.1 192.168.93.1 I could easily pull the second line from the list, but this list seems to change often (the 10.0.2.1 wasn't there a few days ago). For example…

I'm developing FMP applications in a small company which uses FMP11 Server Advanced in a Windows Environment to support nearly 100 legacy FMP databases. I'm carrying out some rebuilding and consolidation on local copies of these databases running on my computer which is - normally - logged onto the the domain so I have access to the internet, local file servers and so on. The problem is that all of these databases are set to share on the network by default, so if I open a local copy on my computer, it presents itself on the network as a shared database and will attempt to locate the networked server versions of the files rather than my local ones. At the moment, the …

Hi There. I have a question i'm sure someone can help with or point me in the right direction to solve. We have a database to process unique ID's and time and Date stamps built using FM10 running on OSX, the equipment used to gather the time information stores them in a text file on a USB stick, we can then import this data to the database for processing once the gathering has been completed. The equipment manual states that it also offers a TCP/IP data stream for live data processing. My question is where would I start and try and get the data out and in the our database in real time? I'm guessing that I would need a separate program or plugin to in…

Anyone currently using this in an active deployment? If so, I would love to pick your ear with a few questions. Thanks

Hi, I need to do remote synchronization for me databases between the filemaker server and my database in my home computers and laptops. It is going to be one way from server to other computers should there be any update in the server. I am just wondering how I should do it. Do I need to setup username and password if there is an update? And do I use the date and time to determine which recrods needs to be update? And how I should update new records? Many Thanks. KC

Hello, I work at home using Windows XP Pro and often have to update a Filemaker solution on a remote Apple computer running OS X. The solution is too complex (or poorly optimised) to make remotely logging into the Filemaker solution itself usable. Apple Remote Desktop server costs $300, a service I get free when doing similar on a remote Windows machine. As alternatives I have tried 'TeamViewer' and, a while back, various free VNC tools. Unfortunately, none of these are Filemaker 'intelligent' as RDC to Apple RDC. They can't transfer FM content in the clipboard. TeamViewer, while powerful and free, does not even translate the control key to the Apple key making …

I was hoping that some one could give me a hand. I have three computers at home on a network, two XP's and one Vista. If I open a FileMaker DB on any one of my computers, the other two can open it up using Open Remote. But when I take the same DB to work and open it up, none of the other computers can see it. I will not be back to work for two days. But I think that I have now know whats wrong and if some one could let me know if I am on the wright track. At work they have a camera system that can be viewed over the internet that uses port 80 forwarding and here at home I do not. Do I need to set up the IP address for the DB on the router? (We are only using two computer…

Hi. I need to access my database, running at my work, when I'm at home. The database is shared on my local network by a modem/router. I created an account on DynDNS and everything works ok with that. But I can't access the database. I have a port open on my virtual servers settings on my modem, but still I can't figure out what to do next. At my place I have a copy of filemaker 9. I don't want to access it by the web publisher. Can anyone help me?

- Table A is Linked to Global Graphics Table through two constant keys. (calculation = "1"). - The Global Graphics Table has global container field called "ColourLogo". Inserted into it is a picture. (store only reference to the file is unchecked) - From a layout based on Table A the "ColourLogo" field is added. On the server, the image shows. From remote access, the image isn't there. Any ideas why I can't see it. (it is a tiff image. )

Hello, I currently support an offsite production twice a year that uses File Maker Pro Server 8.5 to host a database that contains information needed to support the production. The normal setup is eight laptops (seven clients and one server). I have never had an issue in the past with this setup. The clients are able to access the database and create and update records without any issues. This time around my client is requesting a wireless solution. Do you have any experience with using Filemaker Pro 8 using a wireless connection? Is this something that is feasible? The environment is very tense at these events and I would hate to have to deal with a bunc…

Hi all... I wasn't quite sure where to put this question, so here it is. My database is hosted by a hosting company. I use the separation model, where most of the layouts and scripts are in a local file on each users' computer, and the data is online. It's been running fine for about a year and a half. Over the past month or two, my users have been getting sporadic hangs. For about 5-10 minutes, all users in all locations get the spinning beachball/colorwheel. They generally don't lose connection. Unless they force quit (argh!), it comes back to life after 5-10 minutes and continues operating as normal. I really need to get to the bottom of this. Any i…

Just curious, I have dealt with Databases in the past that don't react too well when using a client offsite through a VPN connection. Something about latency and packet drops causing corruption. Does Filemaker suffer from this? I want to have a Central Filemaker Server, access via VPN, then using the "open remote" access the database. Is this risky? Or does the fmnet protocol over a vpn connection work well in preventing corruption?

I host a FM solution on my office iMac using FMP 10 Advanced. One of the tables (Media) contains a container field (Doc). I created several records in that table, and have inserted quicktime movies (Movie1.mov, Movie2.mov) into these. I'm able to view/play them. But users connecting to my solution on our Filemaker network, when opening these records, see only the error message "can't find movie1.mov." Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? TIA! Jim Recht

I am purchasing a new phone system, either a NEC SV8100 or an NEC IPK 2, and I want to know if I FileMaker 8.0 will be able to work with them and the caller ID to bring up customer accounts. If not are there any work arounds and does FileMaker pro work better with the Mitel products, or NEC? I appreciate any input anyone can give me on the topic.

I'm running FM server 8.0v4 on a mirosoft windows server 2003 SP2. I have local clients logging into it using FM 8.5v2 on xp and vista machines, and remote users that log on using FM 8.0v3 on a Terminal Server (TS also runs on a MS server 2003 sp2). Network connectivity has been going down multiple times a day (crashes the clients on TS, and is causing corruption in my files) and after many, many times of doing this the filemaker server becomes non-responsive. (server still shows up under the remote hosts but no files.) On filemaker server the files are still open but no one can log in from the local network, on TS's the opener file still opens the files(but still don't s…

I need to set up a remote connection over the web to a FileMaker Pro database (not Server). Is this possible out of the box or do I need a VPN connection? I do not have a dedicated IP address on my server, but I do have one on my router at the office.

Hey I'm posting in a little used corner of FM Forums. Cool. So I've got a db design client that has 9 licenses of FM 8/8.5, all on Apples, in two offices in the Southwest USA, about 60 miles apart. The highest broadband they're able to get is cable in one office, DSL in the other. I'm trying to figure out what would give them the fastest performance on their database and what the costs would be. All 9 users need to use the full version of Filemaker (no IWP). Currently the db is hosted on a 3rd party server out of Chicago, all acces via TCP/IP. Some on ethernet, others wireless. There's a lot of data getting crunched and they're impatient, the the…

Greetings, I'd like to restrict te access to our IWP database to only our company's network. We have static IP's at our locations so theoretically, if I can get the remote IP I can authenticate it and alow access. The question is - 1. is this possible and 2. is there a better way of doing this? Thanks MJ

Hello, sorry my english...I need to construct a configurator, and i find my self stuck when i have to call a data base (in for exemple .xls).what i need is something like, in a field i choose a voippbx (ex: Siemens)and the FM goes to a DB in .Xls read the type of existing pbxvoip, in siemens worsheat or cell, and present me the options... Thanks for your help

We are using Citrix presentation server 4.5 and Filemaker 8.5. When a user connects to filemaker thru citrix, Citrix will map the local printer. So when in filemaker thru citrix I can see my local printer but cannot print to it. It goes thru the motions as if printing but nothing happens .Tested other apps like word, excel, wordpad etc.. and everything works fine. Any ideas? Thanks Stu

Hello, we´ve just bought 5 Windows Terminal Server CALs and installed them, with Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server, Filemaker Pro 8 (Vol. License) and Filemaker Server 8 all on one machine, which leads to the fact that FM crashes in the moment it opens the shared databases. Question 1: A little late, I found an observation in a techscript which says that FMS and Terminal Services Server should not be installed on the same machine. Is this a must, or exists a workaround in order to have all on one machine? (We have only 5 users, all in different cities, and our machine is a rented dedicated server, which we only can acess remotely, also for installati…

We just tried out connecting to our office from our store remotely (sic?). It was a nightmare trying to sort out all of the IP issues with having DSL on both ends, and once we connected, it was very slow (unsuably so). The solution we are runningat the moment is an old warhorse in FMP 6.0. I am currently building a shiny new model, but am wondering if the old one is slow due to newtork issues, or if it was programmed by an idiot (me). It has always been very zippy and quite nice to use over the office network. Is there a basic design strategy I should be aware of for this type of application? On the hardware/network side what kinds of issues should I look at ?

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Issue: SCT's Banner Web connects to Oracle database and retains connection until FMP is opened and connected to it's dbserver then Banner connection drops. Ruled Out: Network Infrastructure, NIC config. Java, jinit, Banner(connection is great until FMP)xpsp2 fully patched runs both apps great... they just don't play nice together. Suspect: The individual who installed FMP may not have disabled the AV which wreaks havoc with other apps at random anyways. FMP runs fine and does not lose connection with it's dbserver but may compete for a .dll or system file etc. I am rebuilding OS image and installing FMP clean but wanted to toss this out here to catch any pe…

We are running FM6 Unlimited on a Dell Poweredge 2600 with Server 2003. This server also does basic filesharing. All client machines (35) are running OSX Tiger on a 50/50 mix Intel/G4 platform environment. Static IP's assigned. When attempting to "open remote" we get the spinning beach ball of death (SBBOD) religiously. It however, eventually displays the hosted files (5 minutes later, unacceptable) The problem occurs when you try to open any of the 32 DB's displayed, Filemaker Stops responding and must be force quit, the DB does not open. I have used different ethernet jacks/cables. I have tried running dual NIC's, the onboard with the original st…

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This is more of a general networking question that happens to involve FileMaker. I want to run FileMaker Server on a Mac Mini with 6 client laptops in a convention center with no Internet access involved, just allowing the computers to talk to each other using a router. I'd like for the laptop clients to use a wireless connection to the router and the Mini server to be wired, but I will probably bring cables for all of the laptops just in case. My question is, do I hook up the server to the uplink port on the router (where the Internet connection would otherwise go) or make it just another node on the other side of the router? If it's the former, how do I configure T…

First off, we're using a Windows Server 2003 machine running FM Server with the max cache and default write cache to disk time. My client's cache settins are the default as well, currently 7Mb of cache flushed when idle. Some times our network simply has a bad day. They are infrequent enough, short enough, and hit-n-miss enough that I'm not sure what I can do about it or if it's worth it. Most of the time I never even notice for FileMaker. It seems that with 8.5 even the slightest blip seems to send up the connectivity warning and a database shutdown. Of course this means that I lose everything I've entered. I have some records that are pretty data entry intens…

Hello, I´d very much appreciate some help concerning the following configuration. We have a Windows 2003 Server and 5 Windows XP users spread over different countries, accessing the server over WLAN. We don´t have Filemaker Server, but a Filemaker Pro 8 Volume License for 5 users. So I installed FM Pro 8 on the server and configured the database for sharing. Then, on the client, I tried to open the database by “file remote open” over LDAP port 389, but FM doesn´t find the databases on the server. In the manuals I read that Filemaker Server has an option, where one can register FM to the LDAP, which seems to be necessary for the databases to appear whe…

Hello, we´ve just bought a 5-licence-Pack of Filemaker Pro 8 and want to install it on a remote server in a way that all 5 users share the same database. It´s a windows 2003 server, our 5 users (each with different windows username / profile) log in on the server via windows remote desktop and work that way directly on the server. To use Filemaker, I installed it with the first serial for the user1 / windows profile 1 (clicking on “Installation only for this user”). Then I logged in as user2 / windows profile2, started setup again, choosed the option “Repair” and entered the second serial. So far, so good: When I start Filemaker as windows user1, it starts with …

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I need to tap the collective wisdom re: good ways to provide FM database access to remote users who will be entering data, searching, etc., and possibly modifying the structure of the database (adding or modifying tables, fields, calculations, scripts, etc.) The remote users will be one of the following flavors: 1) running FMP7 on a desktop OSX Mac or Windows XP machine from home with high speed Internet access; or 2) running FMP7 on the road with a OS X Mac or Windows XP laptop and who knows what access speed (but will have a Sprint Vision cell phone account). The database of interest is currently hosted via FMP7 peer-to-peer sharing on an eMac (1.25Gz G4, 768…

I've just had a client ask about integrating EDI communication from their customers with an FMP system that we've been building for them. I've not had to undertake this sort of work before and I'm wondering if others out there have done this and what their solutions looked like. Plugins? Third party solutions? The solution is in FMP 8 and is operating on XP mahinces. (We develop on Mac in 8 Advanced.) I appreciate any information that people feel like providing.

FileMaker Pro7 has been running on Windows XP Home Edition with no problems. I now have XP Pro and am not able to connect to the Mac FMP server to access the databases. I get the message: Filemaker cannot be a client or share a file because the networking stack cannot be initialized. My TCP/IP network is working fine- I can ping all networked computers, I can browse the network, and I can send/receive email. I reinstalled FileMaker but it didn't make a difference. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can look for. Firewall on the PC or Mac? Thanks, Bonnie

Looking for recommendation for a cell phone provider that has the ability to connect wirelessly either thru Bluetooth to a phone or with a USB Cable to phone or even a PC Card.

Hi. Let me start off by saying that I have never tried doing this. So, basically I am a total noob with regards to trying to access a machine remotely. I am piggybacking off this post and other past posts. I am not trying to allow users to connect to FileMaker remotely. What I am trying to do is just get into a client's machine so that when there is an issue, I can remotely take over and troubleshoot. I am still unsure how to do this. I went through past posts and also tutorials from Microsoft and also this site. I did everything they asked but I still couldnt find the computer. The Setup at the client's office is very simple and basic. Its…

Hi all, if answers to this subject already have been posted affluently I'd like to apologize beforehand. Can anybody explain to me what a typical setup would look like where remote FileMaker users connect to a FileMaker Server via Windows Terminal Services? How would I setup a Terminal Service in Windows 2000/2003? Do I need Windows Server Edition or will a "regular" Windows 2000/2003 do? What exactly do I have to install within that Terminal Service? A FileMaker Client or a FileMaker Server? (It is my understanding so far from posts I saw here that the FileMaker Server resides on a separate machine and a FileMaker client goes in the Terminal Service).…

Hi- We are having problems sharing a FMP database. If more than one person tries to log on to the shared db, a message pops up stating: maximum number of licensed users are currently using this copy of FMP. We have one remote user, one user at the office, and one user who alternates between the office and a remote connection. The db is located on a Mac at the office, which we all access through a VNC (Chicken), after we have first connected to a VPN. We all use Macs. Does anyone have any advice on why only one person at a time can access the db? Could it be due to our method of connection? Thanks and if I should post this in a different forum, please let m…

This is probably just a case of ignorance but I really did not know who to turn to for this solution. I have FM on a server with clients on a MacOSX network that has internet access through a dsl modem using DHCR -- how can I set up my internet for an outside sales person, for example, to access the database from a computer elsewhere; ie. from another location outside the in-house office network?

All, I'm developing/managing a remote inhouse db for a small design practice in an opposite time zone. It's a separated scheme [interface & Data]. The DB is up and running - so the data is live. Both sides use OSX 10.3 and FM not FM server. I'm occassionally updating the interface file as change requests come in. This is achieved as follows: - Make changes on my local file - Request [via email] the practice admin to quit FM - Update server file via a VPN setup - Request [via email] the practice admin to re-start FM The question I have is whether the quit/start of FM can be done remotely? This would make life so much easier!! Can thi…

Hi there, A guy wants to operate a solution over a Windows network. He got 2 copies of FileMaker and the solution. Please read the comments he submitted: Does the app require a network in a domain environment? Or can it run simply inside a workgroup? XP Home edition is installed on two machines. Do I need to run the program from within a shared directory? How do both computers see the data otherwise? Any help is welcome

Hi there, hope anyone can help... After a hard and software upgrade to Windows2003 SBS server and Terminal Server 2003, the Filemaker Files are running SLOWLY... 'Open file' script steps seem to take ages! Hardware: 2 dual proc. 2GBram servers, one running TS server, one running FileMaker server 5.5. It used to run fine on W2000 server, nog its hopeless. Software: Server 5.5 win, Client 5 win, All clients run through RDP Already checked: -File references - directly to file on server -Shortcuts on desktop on (ts)desktops - fmp5://192.168.10.10/file.fp5 -Opening non-fm files - works fine -No errors in app log. / server log -Server 5.5 settings: …

Hello there, Can I operate a solution over a network using oem versions of FM Pro? Bikeman

We are running FM Client V6/Server V5.5, not sure of what our Terminal Server version is. Should be fairly up to date though. We have about 50-60 Users on the Remote/Terminal system. We have a file that stamps each record with their name, using the FM Auto-Enter Creation Date. Always works, so I know FM on the Terminal Server has their name. Later, during an Approval process, I use a Set Field script step with the Status(CurrentUserName) option to put their name in an approval field. PROBLEM: Most of the time (but not all), from the Terminal Server, the Status(CurrentUserName) does not show up in our text field, when we run the script. Very perplexi…

Hi- I am wondering if anyone has any experience using SyncDek to synchronize databases. We are a small office with a few remote users currently connecting through a VPN. This connectivity however is very slow so I am looking into alternative ways to share our database. Our database contains patients' medical information and I don't think sharing via the web is a good option. If this is not the right subforum to address, could someone please direct me to the correct one. Thanks for any input.

Hi, I have a problem with FMPro and pictures in a container. It is a single user version of FMPro 6 installed on a OSX Server. I have started up the database on the server and enabled sharing over TCP. The database looks fine when viewed and browsed on the server. But when I log in from a client machine (with a single user FMPro 6 installed) via TCP over the net, something goes wrong. The database looks fine eccept from the pictures (JPG). In all the pict-fields the pictures are now missing and instead it says something like this: "Could not draw picture file: 11547-abc.jpg". Again everything is fine in the local shared version, but it looks like it can not…

Different users connect to FM via TCP/IP but after a few minutes they get kicked out and the message "connection to server lost" appears. This used to happen in the past but the frequency of the incidences has increased. Thanks for any help!

I have a small Lan network running fm5.5server on an OS 9.2 machine for stability. It is hosting a Class 3 metwork of Mixed XP & OS 9, Panther machines. I have recently installed a netgear FSV 318 firewall router between the network and a Visionnet 201ADSL router to be able to access the server externally. I received a static IP and am using DMZ to pass the ip address to the netgear and have opened up port 5003. THe visionnet picks up the netgear's address via DHCP, but I have isolated it to a single address. THis is the one I pass on in DMZ. I still can't get access to the server over the web when I enter the IP address in the host window of the external machine. An…

IF install FMP 7 on a terminal server and plan on having 25 people access FMP on this TS server, do I need to have 25 FMP licenses? If anyone has a definite answer on this, I would appreciate it. Thanks! John

Anyone here setup FMS7 on a machine behind a router/firewall connected to the Internet via comcast? Aside from comcast policy issues, I'm wondering what the procedures are. I'm thinking: port forwarding on the router to point to the computer running FMS7; opening up (what) port(s) on the firewall, and finally, if any of the services are filtered by comcast. I'm interested in both FM Remote access, and IWP. Maybe the port should be changed to make it less of a well known port (for IWP anywy)? This isn't a production server, it would just be nice for me to occasionally access a database at home when I'm remote. Bob

When fm is put on various machines you can't choose a protocol option. The only thing that shows up in the drop down list is <none>. I know the network is functional. You can log onto the novell server and you can browse the internet, therefore I know TCP/IP is installed and functional. Anyone got any ideas why it won't show up on some machines?

I was running FM 5 on my Windows XP machine as the host and connected to it from my Mac OS X FM 7 as a guest, no problem. Now I want to switch which is guest and which machine is host, but I can't get the Mac to show up in Hosts when trying to connect from the PC. I am already networked to the Mac, and can even browse to the FM files on my Mac, but get the message that the PC can't read those disks. All firewalls are off and all of the Win/Mac connection instructions have been followed. The two machines are connected via a router, and typing in the 192.168.1.1 address of the Mac into "specify host" doesn't work. How strange that I am networked successfully yet can't ge…

Hello Everyone, I am using remote access between two computers (Internet -- FL & NY). One connection is a cable modem (client) and the other is a burstable T-3 (Host). I am running on FM7 Client on both machines. Everything seems to be fast until you go to a page with a portal. The client side says it takes "along time" (maybe a couple a min) to index itself from the host. Is there any way to speed the indexing up on the portals. Maybe cache size or something. Thank you, Joseph

I have ports opened in the firewall so Filemaker can be access from anywhere. All of the databases are password protected, but I would like to be able to restrict which accounts can login from the outside. So, some users can login while at work, but can't get in from home, but allow others to get in from both. Is there a way to do that?

Hi Guys, I've got a client that has a filemaker 6 solution. I've hosted it on a Windows 2000 Server. I've got 5 people using it on the network, and its working quite nicely. I need to connect three Mac OSX.3 users to the system, the thing is they are a "remote user" so I thought I might use Terminal services to do this. I've installed Remote Desktop Connection on each Mac. What licencing and price will I need to obtain from Microsoft to allow three TS users to connect concurrently, and has anyone managed to printout docs from TS and filemaker whilst logged on remotely? Thanks all Jalz

I am following up on a previous question about connecting remotely. I connect with my client using VPN and it works great, I never lose that connection. However, I am continually losing my connection with filemaker. I was reading other threads and they mostly deal with MAC OS, we are using windows Xp environment, don't know if that makes a difference. But it's hard to get engaged in doing work on the live system with continual disconnections. Is there something I should be checking on my system, or is there something that should be done on the server side. What causes or could be causing these breaks in connection. Would just like to be able to eliminate a lil if a…

I've been trying to connect to my office with FM 7 from my home PC. I cannot access my office or my customer's servers (OS X). Currently I can access the hosted files across the LAN within the office. I'm running Server 2003 without IIS. The firewall is down on both ends - I can ping the router. Port 5003 is open locally. Port Forwarding is set to the server's local static IP I have the same problem regardless of hosting with FM Pro or FM Server. I have not tried web publishing yet. (and again, I also cannot access other FM Servers) Am I forgetting something? Any ideas? - Thanks.

I have installed FMP7 on a new Dell and want to connect to the remote server, a Mac OS X. When I click on Remote it gives me this message: Filemaker cannot share or be a client of a file because the networking stack cannot be initialized.I've been in contact with Dell and they can't help indicating it's a software problem. My son, who works with PCs & Macs looked at it. We have downloaded new drivers, installed a new NIC card and updated to the latest version of FMP7. Nothing works. He says it must be an issue with Filemaker. I'm currently connecting remotely from Macs & other PCs to the server and have no problem. Can anyone help me with this?

I am struggling with a slow remote database. After connecting to the remote database, the first time I create a new record it takes over 20 minutes to just create a new record. If I then create another record, it is relatively fast (1 sec to create). If I then close and reopen the remote database, it again takes 20 minutes to create a new record the first time. If i access the file locally, creating a new record takes less than a second every time. Is there anyway to force a log that will help me figure out what filemaker is hanging on? Any idea of what could cause this problem?

first of all, hi to everybody and sorry if my english is not correct, I'll try to do the best Anyway in my dad's office we're still using filemaker pro 4 (very old I know but it still works) and win 2k on a couple of pc... I'm trying to go back to macintosh (i'm using my ibook) and put FM pro 7 on mac and on the computers... There's a big problem we've got now with fm pro 4, we use a network shared folder for the databases, and each pc has a printer shared attacched to it. When we launch a script that changes the page setup (reducing for example) on a computer and the other one do the same the settings of the printer are set back to default (100%). …

Just reviving a previous post. Thanks for repsonses so far, but forgot to add to the question, how do I use Filemakers remote access should we choose to try that option? Seems I am not doing something correct as I cannot call up his IP and see hosted files. I have a new client. He's using windows platform as am I, XP to be exact. So he wants me to work remotely on his live database. What is the best way to do this with the least amount of slow down?:? I have high speed cable modem access. Thanks for any assistance.

Hi there, this is my first post and I have developed a System with 20+ tables with many relationships. I have 15 clients FM 5.0 and a FM 5.5 Server. So far the performance (local Lan was perfect). We had to access the files through a VPN (W2K)over a 256k dsl connection. But just to open the 20+ files is taking 15 minutes, when the Lan time is less than 10 sec. I do not have a clue of what is wrong! The only thing I noticed is that any other use of the DSL connection the tranfer rates are much higher... when I am using only FM it goes really slow (1/10th of the transfer rate approx.) Any ideas?

Hello All, I need some help in figuring this one out. I am running the FM server on W2K Server. I have 45 users accessing an average of 60 files and at any one given time (Mac and PC users..all OS's) The problem is this: I have one user (W9x) who is loses communication with the host daily at about 1-1:30 PM. This is the only user that has this problem. I do not think its machine or an OS related (upgraded both system, network card, OS and even changed her network line). There is one thing that could be related, I run a 12 noon backup, which doesn't take too long to run, but that's all that going on with the server at near that time (other than other users accessing …

Hi, I have a client with a small office. Two PC's, Win XP Home, using TCP/IP for network protocol, running a Peer to Peer ennvironment. One PC is hosting multiuser files while the second has a mapped network drive to the host PC. When the guest attemps to open any of the multiuser files he gets the message: File is single user or the host could not be found on the network... All the files on the host computer are set to be shared over the network,and are checked "Multiuser" The correct network protocol is selected in Edit>Preferences>Application, He can go out to Windows Explorer and see the mapped network drive and open it, but can't open the files, Th…

Hi, We just get a new Firebox X hardware (firewall, router, DHCP, etc...). After the installation of the configuration software (Watchguard Managment Software) we reboot the server (Dell PowerEdge 1750 with Dual Xeon and Win 2003 Server) and FileMaker Server Service won't start. If we stop the Service for the Firebox X, no problem to restart FMServer 7 service... Any idea regarding this sewrvices conflict ? tks

Hi all, I have encountered a funny little problem. I will first give you some background. I am currently in the process of moving our filemaker databases over from OS9 to OSX. Running filemaker pro 4.1 in classic mode on OSX panther works well sharing with other OS9 and OSX clients. I was even able to get it to share properly with windows machines. All sharing was happening through tcp/ip. The only thing wrong was that I was limited to 10 connections by regular OSX Panther. So I moved to OSX Panther Server. Now I have unlimited connections but I can no longer share with the windows computers. I need to be able to share with the windows computers but somethin…

Hi Shortly after I started FileMaker, I can open a local host (File -> Open) But after a rew hours, i get disconnected and I can't open a local host again. If I restart the computer, I can, most of the time, select a local host. Any ideas? Thank you, and excuse my English

Me again, still playing with remote access techniques for an .fp4 database served by FMS3. Based on my observations when using larger database files, it appears as though FMS doles out an entire file to a client, and then returns alterations to the server as they are made. Is this assumption correct? Does this behavior extend to subsequent FM versions? If so, it seems like a strong argument for pruning unneccessary content out of databases that might be served this way... Thanks, --Chris

here is our setup. the host computer is running fmp 6, with windows xp. the guest computer is a laptop running fmp 5.5 with windows 2000. when i try to "file|open from remote" on the guest computer, the host window opens, but there are no files showing up. both applications are set to tcp/ip, and the files are all set to multi user. i have read thru all the posts regarding things close to this problem, and have tried all thosae that apply. i know the network is working, cos i have pinged the host computer successfully, and i can transfer files thru the shared window capability. i tried manually entering the ip address, and when i click "ok", …

Any tips for using filemaker over a VPN? I have a database running in an office on Filemaker Server 5.5, that works fine on office based terminals (OSX). However, we've just set up a homeworker with a VPN and there are parts of the 'system' that run very slowly, mostly involving extended "replace" functions. Are there any "easy-fix"s out there or do I need to redesign the whole thing? Any advice gratefully received Matt

Hi, FileMaker Pro 6 has been running on Windows XP Pro happily for more than an year. Some files were shared so other FileMaker users in the network were able to access shared files via TCP/IP protocol.(in Multi-user mode) Suddenly, the other network users stoped seeing these shared files. TCP/IP network is proved to be operational - I can ping all networked computers, I can browse the network and I can copy/move files between the computers. Even more, from that Windows XP workstation FileMaker "sees" all remote PCs sharing FileMaker files and using OpenRemote can open theirs shared files. Sharing works only one direction. I checked that: -IP addresses are…

When I open a file using the 'Open Remote' feature, it often crashes and gives me the following error: "Communication with the host was interrupted and could not be re-established (-3259)" I have the files hosted on a G5 Mac running OS 10.3.3 (Panther). The other computers in my department are G3's, G4's, and Window Machines (running Windows XP). They all have experienced this 'Open Remote' crash. How do I solve this problem and stop the -3259 error? Thanks for any help you are able to give. Version: v6.x Platform: Mac OS X Panther

I am trying to host a filemaker file using webcompanion but when I type my IP on my browser I get the screen for my adsl modem configuration. How do I get my requests trough. thanks Paulo Vivacqua

I've got 8 desktops in my network. We use these machines for data entry and have switched to D-Link G510 cards and a 524 router. 2 systems are still wired and sharing but the wireless 6 come up with an empty host box. All systems are going through the 524 router. The host box is one of the 2 wired systems and the db's all have multi user checked and are TCP/IP Any ideas....... Greg

I just moved to a new office and am using a FM5.5 database which networked worked fine over my old wireless network. However, now and I am having trouble seeing the FM 5.5 database when I click on 'HOSTS' or enter the Specific IP on the shared computer over the wireless network. (What is strange is that we also have a FM7 solution that we can share fine? Even when I shut down FM7 we still can't see the FM 5.5 solution...oh well) At this point, I am looking for a quick fix so that we can get through our big project this weekend. I would like to just plug the two computers into eachother (using a crossover Ethernet cable) and thus share the solution off the network.…

i thought i successufully posted this, but I cannot find it. i apologize. we have an FMKPR server. we switched isps and moved. have cable cisco router. was told my isp to buy second router/switch to hook up office computers. (long story - i really don't think we need it.) i can get internet access while hooked into switch. (8 port) but i cannot connect to flmkr server. need to access the flmkpr server. what am i doing wrong? if i go to the server in port 1 of the switch, i can access other computer. but when i go to another computer to access filemaker db, it cannot find the server. please help. FileMaker Version: 4 Platform: Mac OS 9

This problem is frustrating me probably because I'm not a networking expert, here goes with the explaination. My office has 3 macs running Mac OS X . 1 machine has a bunch of FM files set to multi-user, the other two machines pickup these files using the open> hosts command. Each machine has a fixed IP and has the same subnet mask. The problem is that the file host machine is not left on all the time, being put to sleep overnight, as are the "client" machines. On occasions the client machines are unable to get the files (blank host window) the only way to get them back on line is to restart FM on the host machine. Has anyone any suggestions as to how to get around this…

Using Macs 10.2.8 with ADSL router connected to 2 hubs/switches. One computer (iMac G4) acts as host to 2 other FM v6 users. All cables ethernet and switches/hubs 100Mb. Throughout the day, email/internet access will drop out and in order to restore connection, often need to reset modem and/or router which causes hosting problems which can usually only be fixed by restarting everything! Also have other connection problems (not seemingly connected to internet probs) and client cannot find Host, even though icon available over network. Don

We have two Macs on a network and a multi-file FM solution. When opening files remotely (as a guest of the Host computer), some files are opening quickly, showing the IP address of the Host and others are very slow to open, showing the Host computer name. I can't tell why some are opening differently than others. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Now that the Sony Clie TH55 Wifi enabled PDA is available in the market can it be used to access a FM DB served by Web Companion on a desktop using its Netfront 3.1 Internet Browser? Version: v6.x Platform: Windows XP

Hi, We are running a novell LAN and have a number of XP Workstations using local installs of FikeMaker Pro 5.5 over IP . Lately users have complained about not being able to access FM Files from a shared network folder. FileMaker reports the following "file they wanting" could not be found and is required to complete this operation. when trying to open said file. At other times however it seems to work perfectly and multiple uses cam access the file. TCP/IP is slect as protocol being used by FileMaker in Edit Preferences. Any suggestions as to rge issue here would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Alistair Version: v5.x Platform: …

Help I need to log onto a filemaker pro server from my machine at home using Filemaker Pro 5. can this be done using Apple remote Access or do I need to use something like Timbuktu Pro to actually control the machine thanks

How would I go about removing databases from showing up in the File > Open > Hosts list. I have too many databases in there and I would like to just make a master database that my users can just open and from there they can access all the other databases. I simply want to hide specific databases from that list. Thanks.