FM7 Instant Web Publishing Help

[derekcbart]

Hello.

I've done a search and cannot find an answer to my question. Hopefully someone here can help me.

I have created a database in FM7Pro and have turned on Instant Web Publishing with guest access to enter data. I enter the http address on my computer's web browser and I can see the file. However, when I enter the http address from any other computer's web browser (Mac or PC) it says that it is an invalid web address.

Any ideas?

[Fitch]

What is the address you are trying to use?

[derekcbart]

http://10.140.50.152/

[derekcbart]

I have the file on my laptop and I need to change location. That means when I boot up the file again it will have a new address. I will post the updated address later.

[Deep Thought II]

that looks like an internal network ip address. if that is so, u can only access it in internal network.

otherwise it could be ur firewall settings blocking the traffic.

[derekcbart]

What should the address look like when using IWP?

BTW, I just booted up the file after the three day weekend and it is the same ip address of http://10.140.50.152/

And even if it is just an internal network address, why don't the other internal network computers recognize it?

[Deep Thought II]

if it's an internal ip, computers in the internal network under the same network class should definitely be able to access it. unless the traffic is blocked by some sort of firewall.

here are some steps you might want to take for investigation:

1. investigate your ip address:

check if this is an internet IP address or local network IP. i really cannot say if 10.140.50.152 is an internal ip address or internet ip because i have not seen that class of network on internet before. here are some often used internal ip address:

192.168.0.*

192.168.1.*

10.0.0.*

10.1.0.*

etc.

2. how many NICs do you have on your computer, and what ip is assigned to each NIC?

if you have 2 NICs, one connected to internet and the other to internal network, then you have 2 IP addresses. for internal network to access your Filemaker, you use the internal IP address, and for external (such as internet), you use your internet IP address.

3. make sure nothing is blocking the traffic

if you are using windows xp or above, check your firewall settings... microsoft firewall is setup to block everything by default. turn it off or enable it to let http web services to pass through.

4. are the computers connected in a network.

if other computers and yours can share resources, they should be able to see IWP too... in most cases, unless something blocks the traffic.

5. how to test

Connect to yourself! open IE, and enter http://127.0.0.1 and see if you see IWP on your own computer. if u see it, it means the service is on. what's left is to investigate other issues. if you use port # other than 80, remember to type is http://127.0.0.1:(port number).

you can also type in http://10.140.50.152 on your own IE and see if it works for yourself.

[Totophe]

For the internal IP question, I'm pretty sure that the classes :

192.*.*.* and

10.*.*.* must be used for internal network only.

So you are on an internal network.

Like DT II said, try to do that on you computer, verify that the computer's they want to access your database are on the same network (10.140.50.*), or if the router is configured to route the packet correctly, then try to ping the computer where the DB is runing on, then if that works, that's a bad news... (No, that just mean that if it work, and you're still cannot access your DB, I don't know how to resolve it..)

[derekcbart]

I just tried both of the addresses that Deep Thought suggested and both work on my computer. I am on a Mac running OS 10.3.5. I tried on one of the Windows computers in the office and neither address worked. I also tried on another Mac and it didn't work. The other Mac is connected to the Internet/Network, but in System Preferences no IP address is listed. How do I check the IP address on the windows computer?

[derekcbart]

Eureka!

I just figured it out. You were right. My Mac had a firewall on it, not the network. I turned on Personal File Sharing and now the other computers can access the FM IWP database.

Thanks.

[Fitch]

Personal File Sharing -- not Personal Web Sharing? Interesting.

[Deep Thought II]

:-)

[Totophe]

For info, on Windows NT4/2K/XP, to know the ip, there is many options.

The one I prefere is : Start -> Run... -> "cmd" (The Command Shell is opening) -> On the command prompt, just type "ipconfig" or "ipconfig /all" and you will see all the informations about your Network cards.

On Win 95/98/Me you can do the same (replace "cmd" by "command") or just do a Start -> Run... -> "winipcfg"

Note : On Mac OS X, you can also launch the terminal application (easy if it is in the Dock, like mine) and type "ifconfig".

Happy to see you resolved your problem...