Administrator’s Guide (Windows)

Installing FileMaker Pro Server 1-5
1 Windows NT Advanced Server or Windows NT Workstation,
version 3.51 or later. (See the End User License Agreement that came
with the Windows NT operating system for more information
concerning the number of connections.)
1 a CD-ROM disk drive
1 a hard disk with at least 1.2 MB free
Networking requirements
To share files among users on a network, you need to have the following
additional software and hardware installed on the host computer:
1 a Windows NT-compatible network card
1 the software driver for your network card
1 NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport and/or TCP/IP network
protocol for Windows NT
Use FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Windows or FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Mac OS
to administer FileMaker Pro Server. Guests can use the following
network protocols to access database files hosted by FileMaker Pro
Server for Windows NT:
Important FileMaker Pro Server uses a proprietary networking scheme
and operates independently of network operating system (NOS) access
privileges. Any multiuser FileMaker Pro databases will be available to
FileMaker Pro guests regardless of NOS privileges. To restrict access to
FileMaker databases, use access privileges available in FileMaker Pro
3.0. See “Protecting files with a password” on page 2-5 for more
information. Database files should be shared using networking available
in FileMaker Pro. Do not share FileMaker Pro files using Windows NT
file sharing.
Windows 95 Windows NT
Windows for Workgroups/
Windows 3.1 Macintosh
IPX/SPX-compatible
Protocol
NWLink IPX/SPX
Compatible Transport
Novell NetWare Client Software
Shell version 3.26 or higher
MacIPX version 1.3.1
TCP/IP TCP/IP MS TCP/IP-32 version 3.11b
(Windows for Workgroups only)
MacTCP 2.0.6 application
program (or later) or Apple
Open Transport 1.1 (or later)