Hi all, I desperately need some help. I have a group of four computers which are connected together as a basic intranet, no network server, just an apple airport extreme and sharing of files between the computers. Unfortunately money prohibits too much else. Now I have File Maker Pro 7 and need to allow users access to the databases which are being held on computer A. Computer A has the file open and I have Sharing over the network set to on, with the IP address of computer A as the given IP. When I try to access the file from computer B, I can see computer A at the correct IP address, but cannot see any of the files when using the Open Remote option.

Is it possible to share files this way? What am I doing wrong if it is possible? Would someone please give me some instructions on how to do this without a server?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Richard.

Do you have the firewall running on the mac serving the db?

Also...where do you have the files? I assume you are running OS X? If so, make sure you have the files needed in the public folder.

Hi, thanks very much for your replies. Yes I am using OS X 10.3.4. I will give your suggestion a try and see how it all goes.

Thanks again for your replies.

" If so, make sure you have the files needed in the public folder. "

NO.

it should NOT be possible to see the files OR the host computer across the network. Otherwise you risk crashing your files, plus poor performance. The host must have general file sharing turned OFF. You should only be able to connect by Open Remote.