Accessing FM Files Sooo Slow

[acktom]

Good Day All - We use a Filemaker Server to access various DBs some of which are large and include pictures. We now have a second "Satellite" office which is connected to the main office via VPN tunnel (host to host). Opener files were created that were used by Mac's on the Main Office LAN(where FM Server resides). So far we can't use the Opener Files from the Remote Office LAN. We Specified the FM Servers LAN IP Address to the Hosts and we can now open and access the files we need, but it is very slow for searches and large files.

Does anybody have any thoughts on how we might speed up or a better way to access the info from the Remote LAN.

Your Help is Much Appreciated.

Acktom

[gdurniak]

The FM6 client-server connection is "chatty", so it does not work well long distance (over a WAN)

If your remote connection is a dedicated T1 frame relay, you might get acceptable results

opening large files will be a problem. They just take longer.

you may also need to develop separate layouts for the remote connection, that do not display pictures.

[herrix]

Hi,

have you thought about Terminal Services of Citrix?

Herrix