Aussie John Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) doesnt seem to matter what I do i can never see the remote hosts on my laptop. I can put the ethernet cable backinto my desktop and it works fine. I've checked the preferences and the network settings and they are identical. Any ideas Ideally I want to be able to use the airport connection but doesnt work either. thanks Edited January 18, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Hi John, Can you clarify: Is it just the airport that's not working, or does Ethernet not work too? When you say you can't "see" remote hosts, do you just mean you don't see the host automatically? Can you see the host if you type in the IP address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie John Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Hi ender both Direct ethernet or airport- doesnt work even if I type the IP number directly into the favourites of the remote dialog. Cant see any Host files at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wim Decorte Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Is your ethernet card configured for a static or dynamic IP address. And what about the desktop? Also check that your OSX firewall is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie John Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 Ive tried using the router to assign the ip number and by manually assigning the IP number (to match the desktop that I took the ethernat cable from) There is no software firewall as every thing lives behind a network firewall router and a VPN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wim Decorte Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 can you browse the internet from the laptop? can you ping the host machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie John Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Wim I can access the internet, send/receive emails and mount shared volumes on the server. Just cant see the filemaker hosts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wim Decorte Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Can you do the reverse: open a file on the laptop, set it shared and with FMP on the server, see if the file is listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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