I don't understand how to allow remote access to the database

[Newanvil]

Hello. My name is Mark, and I am a small business owner in Chicago. I am
trying to run BCM across two XP Pro machines -- one laptop and one desktop.
When I try to allow a new user to access a database in my "desktop" machine,
so that I can access the DB when I'm using my laptop, the wizard doesn;t
recognize any potential user name outside of it's own computer, i.e. all
possible users to grant permissions are "MSHOME/desktop/Mark 1" or
"MSHOME/desktop/Mark2." Not "MSHOME/notebook/Mark1." What am I doing wrong?
Is there something I need to do in setting up my network (LAN on a wireless
router) so that BCM will allow me to grant permission to the notebook/laptop
to access the DB on the desktop?

Thanks for all advice.

M.

 

[Newanvil]

M.

 

[Viola]

Hi Mark
I'm not sure if this is the answer you are looking for or not but here are
some suggestions. I just set up my own contact manager database. When it
came to setting up the users one thing I discovered is that the user must
have a password. The user must be setup on your laptop and on the desktop
with the same user id and password.

On the desktop, type in the name of your laptop then click on Connect. you
will know you have the connection because the database name will show up in
the list.

I am using 2007, so the screens may not be the same if you are using an
different version.

I might also suggest that you have the main database on your desktop and the
remote on your laptop.