<DIV>Steve,</DIV>
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<DIV>Let me echo what Bob replied.</DIV>
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<DIV>We have a very similar system to that you described. Win 2K, 4 servers, 22 workstations, fpODBC 5.0.13 and 1 remote location. </DIV>
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<DIV>Remote has VPN set up (running on a 368 DSL). Speed is fine if you use remote access. We see no major speed drop off from being in the office.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV>
<DIV>Rick Hane</DIV>
<DIV>Controller</DIV>
<DIV>DeLuxe Stitcher Company<BR><BR><B><I>Steve Wiltsie <swiltsie@micro-mui.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">One of my customers is running filePro 5.0.13 on a Windows 2000 server that<BR>is providing filePro apps and regular file services to about 20 Windows PCs<BR>on their LAN. Everything runs fine on-site and the speed is very good. The<BR>filePro programs and files are run from the server from a mapped drive with<BR>a desktop icon. No filePro programs have been installed on the PCs.<BR><BR>One of the VPs of the company needs to access the network and run the<BR>filePro apps from his Windows XP Pro notebook. It has wireless built in and<BR>he has a wireless router at home that is connected to his cable modem. He<BR>will also be using this wireless function on the road as he travels.<BR><BR>The company's network is connected to a Netscreen router for Internet<BR>access. This router can be accessed from the outside by the Netscreen<BR>Remote VPN software that came with the router. I have
installed the<BR>Netscreen Remote software on 3 or 4 of the home PCs for the staff that needs<BR>to access the network from home (this is a 24/7 manufacturing operation).<BR>The setup has always been to use PC Anywhere over the VPN to control the<BR>person's office PC and do the remote work. This has worked well and<BR>provides reasonable speed although they don't have a really fast Internet<BR>service coming in.<BR><BR>The problem is that the wireless notebook needs to access the network via a<BR>mapped drive - not PC Anywhere. This works but is pretty slow for menu and<BR>screen functions. The real problem is in generating reports to view or<BR>print. A report that would have been ready in a couple of minutes is still<BR>selecting records an hour later!!! I tried it with the filePro programs<BR>installed on the notebook and didn't see any increase in speed. How can I<BR>get the reports to prepare faster over this VPN link with the existing<BR>hardware/software?<BR>(Switching
operating systems is not an option)<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Steve Wiltsie<BR>microCONCEPTS Div. multi/user/inc. Since 1981<BR>(812) 474-0127 Fax: (812) 474-0147<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Filepro-list mailing list<BR>Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<BR>http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>