I am considering the upgrade from FM Pro 6.04 to v8 and using Server 7 vs 5.5.

After installing the demo, I would like to host several small datafiles. I can host and use them on my local network.

I would like to access them via a remote (office) server.

How do I add the remote host IP address on a client computer outside the office? This was easy in v5.5 just select specify host and add the IP address i.e. 68.59.121.134 but I do not see this option in server 7. Sorry, I know this is basic.

File -> Open Remote -> select the View combo box at the top and select "Favorite Hosts". Click the Add button. The dialog there explains it all.

HTH

Wim.

But I'm really going to miss the 5.5server spinning wheel icon letting you know the server is running.....

I noticed on the demo when I choose connect to server the local host comes up with 127.0.0.1 instead of my local IP address...Why is this?

That's the default address of the local machine. You can enter the real IP (either public or NAT) if you like. But that's the "local host" equivalent.

Steven

Thank you for the clarification. I currently have Server 5.5 running on a remote machine in the office (IP address=68.59.xxx.xxx). The set up is for Macs connected via a Linksys router hub (I use an iMac as a "server" dedicated machine).

I installed Server version 7 on a machine connected to the network and "hosted" several FM8 files. I can "see" the hosted databases on the local address (file/open remote/ip=192.168.x.x) and this works fine.

Here's the problem, unlike FMS 5.5 when I try to use the main IP address (68.59.xxx.xxx) I cannot see any of the files!

When I leave the office and try to access the file from FM8 via the internet by adding a favorite host (IP=68.59.xxx.xxx) I cannot see any of the files.

Any suggestions why I cannot view these files outside the office; afterall that is the point of hosted files.

THANK YOU!

I can only guess that you didn't set up the router to forward traffic on the 5003 port to the address of the FMS 7 machine. Now of course of you already set up the Linksys hub to forward traffic on port 5003 to the FMS 5.5 machine that's where all your FM7 requests will end up and nothing will show up in the Open Remote dialog of your FM7/8 client.

If you need to access both FMS 5.5 and 7 remotely I would suggest making a VPN connection and then using the local IP addresses once you've been authenticated through VPN.