Dial up Remote Access

[masterdonut]

I'm pretty new to FileMaker so I hope someone can help me. My work just purchased Filemaker 5.5 and filemaker server 5.5 and I would like to know the best way to go about using dial up remote access to access the database from a laptop or other computer when away from the office. any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Nathan

[LiveOak]

The best way to perform this access is to use either Timbuktu (Mac & PC) or PC Anywhere to allow you to control the office computer from your laptop. Having a remote client over a dialup connection FM to FM is VERY slow and can corrupt the database file (especially if you are not using FM Server as the host) if the connection is lost.

-bd

[Will]

Nathan:

Are you using Windows 2000 Server to host FileMaker Server 5.5? If so you can use the built-in terminal services remote administration mode to connect to your server. If you are on a budget you can use VNC although the other options mentioned above might be more secure/robust.