Thanks for all the suggestions!
We finally got our project up and running last night.
All in all it was a networking issue where our firewall was doing its job... It wasn't
allowing any TCP/IP activity in or out from our local stations. (Finally figured
this out by trying to ping all computers)
> You may find using a file server to host Filemaker will prove
> unsatisfactory - there have been many opinions expressed about that on
> this list - you may find using another lightly loaded workstation to be
> more satisfactory as the Host for Filemaker and eBase, or have lots of
> memory (RAM) at your "server".
The files shared on our server are used pretty sparsely and do not hog RAM (we have a
staff of five and most only word process, spreadsheet or check email/web)
>
>
> As to Windows File Sharing, I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea to Host a FM
> database from a Resource shared by Windows File Sharing, perhaps you
> could add a partition to your server hard drive for eBase (reliable
> freeware available to do that) and keep it Not Shared, that would work OK.
Can you put eBAse far enough up to avoid Sharing? (The C drive is shared by all... so
can I put eBase somewhere on there that C doesn't encompass it? Or do I have
topartition to do that?)
>
>
> If you've enabled the TCP/IP protocol in Filemaker, you should see
> ebase.1xx from the Open|Hosts button at other machines on your LAN
> running Filemaker, regardless of File Sharing settings.
Got it... after setting ZoneAlarm to let us.
Thanks again to everyone who offered help. I learned more than I wanted to on this
issue, which is great!
-otis
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Michael "Otis" Lavitschke
Member Services Manager
River Alliance of Wisconsin
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