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<< We use a Citrix VPN client for them to log into our network. However when they try to access the database this way it is very slow and freezes up on them so I believe that the bandwidth is not sufficient. I could be mistaken because I do not know nearly enough about trying to set something like this up. I am still trying to learn. >> Don't run the application across the VPN. You're treating the WAN like a LAN, and that will produce unusable results with a file server database like R:Base. Instead, use the VPN to establish and protect the connection back to the central office. But then let the user take out a terminal session on a machine located in the main office. If you use a terminal server to do this (which will allow multiple people to get terminal sessions on the same machine at the same time) make sure to backplane the terminal server to the file server with gigabit ethernet. You'll get great performance — your remote users may well see performance better than your local users. Also, if you're on Windows Server 2008 (or you put in a new terminal server with WS2008) check out the Remote App functionality. I haven't looked into it completely myself, but I think what it does is allow you to remote an application rather than an entire desktop. If you do that, the application would appear to be running on the remote user's local desktop but would, in fact, really be running on the terminal server. -- Larry
