AAHHH!  Help please...

I am having trouble with INSTANT WEB PUBLISHING.  I read in the
applications help that databases  published are only available to those
on the same IP address.  Did I read this wrong, or is it not possible
for me to make a database available and have someone on the other side
of the globe access it?

If this is possible, then I can't get people outside my house to see
it.  I gave them my IP as described in the IWP set-up dilog box.

Also, when I do see the page - is there a way to get ride of the status
area by default?

Thanks,
FMP Junkie

I have recently gone through the same challenges and worked it out.

Yes - anyone with the URL in the IWP set-up dialog box should be able
to access your database.

The things that prevent this that you likely need to fix are:

1. The port that the outside user trys to come in on - see the FMP
documentation about using port 591 for IWP and include that at the end
of the URL

2. If you have a firewall on your system, it probably needs to be set
to off to enable an outsider to get in

3. If you have a local network, it needs to be set up via port mapping
to pass the outside user connection through to your host. There are two
threads on Apple support discussions
- the thread at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1125579&#1125579
deals with the issue.
I have not yet tried the port mapping solution covered in
   http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607425&#607425

I just eliminated the local router by cabling the cable modem directly
to my mac to take the port mapping issue out of the way and it worked.
Not a permanent solution but lets you isolate what needs to be done.

Hope this helps - it took a few hours to work out.




fmpjunkie@marinaccio.com wrote:
> AAHHH!  Help please...
>
> I am having trouble with INSTANT WEB PUBLISHING.  I read in the
> applications help that databases  published are only available to those
> on the same IP address.  Did I read this wrong, or is it not possible
> for me to make a database available and have someone on the other side
> of the globe access it?
>
> If this is possible, then I can't get people outside my house to see
> it.  I gave them my IP as described in the IWP set-up dilog box.
>
> Also, when I do see the page - is there a way to get ride of the status
> area by default?
> 
> Thanks,
> FMP Junkie

Is it possible to set up an FM8 IWP application using a .mac account? 
This would get around firewall and security concerns.
Michael Paine

cover3 wrote:
> I have recently gone through the same challenges and worked it out.
> 
> Yes - anyone with the URL in the IWP set-up dialog box should be able
> to access your database.
> 
> The things that prevent this that you likely need to fix are:
> 
> 1. The port that the outside user trys to come in on - see the FMP
> documentation about using port 591 for IWP and include that at the end
> of the URL
> 
> 2. If you have a firewall on your system, it probably needs to be set
> to off to enable an outsider to get in
> 
> 3. If you have a local network, it needs to be set up via port mapping
> to pass the outside user connection through to your host. There are two
> threads on Apple support discussions
> - the thread at
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1125579&#1125579
> deals with the issue.
> I have not yet tried the port mapping solution covered in
>    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607425&#607425
> 
> I just eliminated the local router by cabling the cable modem directly
> to my mac to take the port mapping issue out of the way and it worked.
> Not a permanent solution but lets you isolate what needs to be done.
> 
> Hope this helps - it took a few hours to work out.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> fmpjunkie@marinaccio.com wrote:
> 
>>AAHHH!  Help please...
>>
>>I am having trouble with INSTANT WEB PUBLISHING.  I read in the
>>applications help that databases  published are only available to those
>>on the same IP address.  Did I read this wrong, or is it not possible
>>for me to make a database available and have someone on the other side
>>of the globe access it?
>>
>>If this is possible, then I can't get people outside my house to see
>>it.  I gave them my IP as described in the IWP set-up dilog box.
>>
>>Also, when I do see the page - is there a way to get ride of the status
>>area by default?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>FMP Junkie
> 
>