In article <1-ydna-2Y5webA3VnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Steve de Mena <steve@stevedemena.com> wrote:
> Nashton wrote: > > Alan Baker wrote: > >> In article <4890ba35$0$4017$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net>, > >> Nashton <nana@na.ca> wrote: > >> > >>> My server at home has an internal ip of 10.0.1.200. All port > >>> forwarding for filemaker pro, for example, is done via the ABS and I > >>> can connect to it via the internet merely by typing the static ip > >>> address: 72.168.2xxx.xxx. Now, if I wanted to connect to another > >>> database hosted on another computer at home with an internal ip > >>> address of 10.0.1.150, for example for the same application (FMP), > >>> running a different database on that particular computer, how would I > >>> do it.. > >>> > >>> TIA > >> > >> I haven't had a chance to work with FileMaker in a while, but IIRC, it > >> should be possible for you to override the default listening port it > >> uses for a particular database. > >> > >> Specify different receiving ports on the ABS to forward the incoming > >> requests to the different receiving ports on the database server. > >> > > > > Thanks. IOW, I will duplicate the ports that FMP (or any other > > application) needs to send and reveive data, just change the internal ip. > > I think you do NOT want to duplicate ports, you want to use different > ones. > > Steve
Correct.
The incoming ports *must* be different, and if the two databases are on the same machine, the ports to which those different incoming ports are forwarded will be different as well.
If the router is forwarding to two separate machines, the internal ports can remain the same because the IP addresses will be different.
-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
