I am working on a 12 file relational database for my brother in-law, and all is going well so far. It's FMPro5.5 hosted on a main srever, the office is networked and there are 3 people working on it at any one time,2 via PC's and 1 via a Laptop. The Laptop is a bit on the slow side.

I work on the system from my home office via Terminal Serves and find it so easy to work this way.

(Only I can't print out anything at my end)

Within the next 3 to 4 months we will have another 4 people coming on board, working from within the same office and then another 5 to 10 people working from other offices around the city.

My question is, what is the best way to set thing up so that every one will be happy.

For the people coming into the office, this setup will be fine. I would make sure everyone is using 100baseT networking (not older 10baseT) and your hubs all use 100baseT too. Make sure the server has a fast hard drive.

Jerry

The Laptop is a bit on the slow side.

what is the best way to set thing up so that every one will be happy.

Give the laptop to your Mother-in Law

I'm working with a similar problem (10 on-site workstations and 3 new remote users). Have you considered dial-up networking?

I've been kicking around the idea of

a) remote w/ synch - very complex to develop, I've looked at sychdek but have thrown that out the window due to it's limitation with repeating fields.

: laplink or other forms of remote access software - not good since printing is required by remote users.

so that's left me with

c) dial-up networking - not too difficult, I'm just not sure what sort of overall I/O I'd be dealing with from FMP.

I'll keep you posted.

-Brian

Thanks Brian....Same here...I'll keep you posted if I find out anything...

Why can't you print at your end?