The 4 person office can't get DSL - they could "host" ebase there and have
the DSL users connect, but they aren't always online.
Clearly there's no "perfect" solution - but is this the "best" solution?
Holly Ross
TechRocks
Consultant
212.812.4293
f) 202.318.0577
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.techrocks.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:30 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] Re: sharing ebase
>
>
> At 7:11 PM -0400 4/17/01, Holly Ross wrote:
> >Hey folks -
> >
> >I'm working with a group that has two office locations and needs to share
> >ebase. One office has DSl and a static IP address. In the other office,
> >the four workstations need to dial up for access (it's MT, not a
> lot of DSL
> >out there yet!).
> >
> >Right now, they've been emailing the database back and forth and it isn't
> >owkring too well.
> >
> >The only thing I can think to advise right now is that the DSL office
> >shouldpublish it to the Web (they have FMPro 5) and the dial-uup
> office can
> >access it across the Internet. I hear it's a deathly slow method though.
> >Any ideas?
>
> First off, FileMaker's web publishing can't make all of the ebase
> script and button functionality accessible to the remote location.
> Best it can do is access to a limited number of layouts,
> "fill-in-the-form kind of access.
>
> To get the full ebase and functions, you'll need to set up FileMaker
> for file sharing using TCP/IP. All the stations will need a copy of
> fileMaker, and preferably FileMaker server at the host site. And it
> will be horrendously slow over a dial-up. I usually expect 5 to 7
> minutes for a full startup over DSL.
>
> What work is done in each location? Could the site with four stations
> be the "host", where most of the work gets done, and provide limited
> access from the other site via web hosting or a separate rolodex file
> set up to share?
> --
> Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
> tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
>
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