In article <g6qpcu$1dt$1@aioe.org>, Nashton <nana@na.ca> 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.
You'll have to tell the external client to use a different port than you've set up for the first server, but once the router sees that different port, it can re-route those packets to a different IP and the standard FMP port.
-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
