Connecting to a MAC FMP Server using WIN XP

[enelson493]

I am located in the same subnet with no routers in between my and the FMP server. I am running the operating system windows XP professional. Everything appears to be loading correctly. A wrinkle has however developed. I downloaded an evaluation version of FMP 5.5 and everything

work correctly. So now the question is why does it not work with FMP 5.0?

Eric

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Check networking protocol selected under FMP 5. It MUST be TCP/IP to connect to a MAc OS server.

Also--althought I think your comment on FMP 5.5 answered this--you are sure files on server are set to Multi-User and not Multi-user HIDDEN.

Old Advance Man

[enelson493]

I cannot connect to our file maker pro server which is running on a MAC when using my WIN XP notebook. I know that my network settings are correct. I can ping the server. However when I try to open hosts nothing shows up! I also tried to specifiy the server and that did not work either. Any suggestions?

Eric Nelson

[LeCates]

Hi Eric,

Is TCP/IP loading ok when you launch the FileMaker app? Are your XP client and Mac FMServer on the same subnet, or might there be routers in between?

[Kurt Knippel]

Please clarify as well. Is this a laptop running WindowsXP (the OS from Microsoft) or is this one of the WinbookXP laptops (from Winbook or Gateway or something)?