HELP! Remote from Home Access

[yeadatzrice]

Hello

Thanks for taking a look at this post. I have recently began using Filemaker Pro 9 and have already been able to remotely access my file through a network (I have a office with two computers). The problem I have is to access my database from home (so I am hosting the file through one of my computers at the office which is connected through a router). How can this be done? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :

[Aaron Briggs]

Hi

I am also trying to achieve this. I want to access the server at work from home. The server is plugged into a router. I have tried connecting to the router IP address with no luck. Like the previous post any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

[Josh Ormond]

You will probably need to use Remote Desktop...or something similar. I personally use LogMeIn.com. You can access any computer you install it on from a web browser.

I believe LogMeIn only works on PC's...as for Mac, check out the Remote Desktop.

With Remote Desktop, I think the file already needs to be open. You can't open the file when Remote-ing in.

For me this was the easiest way...because or office is behind a VPN / Firewall.

Edited September 10, 2008 by Guest

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Actually you need to be sure that Port 5003 is opened to allow access to the hosted files. This will be [color:red]very slow in peer to peer mode. Use FileMaker Server instead.

Steven