whats wrong with specify host

[the walker]

i have read a few of the threads in this forum and they all talk about citrix and timbuktu for remote conections to fm server

but what i want to know is what is wrong with just going to open remote and then specifying the host by its ip address

[andygaunt]

I guess a lot of it comes down to the bandwidth issues and the limitations therein.

With Citrix, you work on the remote machine ( as opposed to using any FileMaker software on your machine).

All that is sent down the line is the screenshot. This makes for a very quick connection.

I have used Citrix to remotely deploy an entire company wide solution for 50 users and over 30 databases, including importing 100's of thousands of records remotely.

I could start the import process, then close my connection to the remote machine. My session was still running on that machine, so I could go back periodically to see how it was doing.

Havent used Timbuktu, but am sure someone out here has.

[Will]

Bandwidth issues is a good point. Also, in terms of "remote administration," some users need to do more than just administer the FileMaker application - "specify hosts" only gets you in FileMaker - for example, on a Windows box you might want to also see how much resources FileMaker is using, check free disk space, etc. so you would need additional software for remote administration.