I'm running 1 fm7 database on FMS7 on a win2003 server machine (p3, 1 gig ram). With one client connected locally (LAN) I get speeds of 8-10 Kb/s max, wich is ok (still I would expect more from a 100mb/s network).My main problem is that I rarely get more than 4 kb/s and mostly 2 Kb/s when accesed from the internet (WAN). The connection is a Dedicated DSL with 80 KB/s up and this is still with one client connected to the database. (encryption is off by the way on the server). Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get better speeds especially fron the internet connections and if yes, what do I need to do. I can understand that part of the database involves calculation and summaries and that can slow down the database file, but still 2 to 4 kb/s via the internet is really slow and should be faster.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Regards.

Fred.

Fred->

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This sounds more like a networking issue than a Filemaker issue. Can you copy files from the server to a client on the WAN at a reasonable rate? If you're using a router, does it have port forwarding setup for both TCP and UDP on port 5003? Is the server's firewall setup properly?