>Hi All,
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>It's been sometime since I've written any VFP code but I setup a small database that is shared between 2 windows's XP machines (home edition), wireless network and the database resides on one of the stations.
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>What I've noticed is sometimes the station that uses a mapped network drive gets communication errors of somesort when accessing the data.
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>Not sure if I've done something wrong here but how do I determine what's the problem ? I think the wireless network drops from time to time and the app complains because the data isn't readily available. Any ideas ?

Run a Cat5e or Cat6 Ethernet cable. These days, any routers and PCs that have wireless capability typically have 100Base-T (wired) Ethernet as well.

Fox apps move so much data over the LAN (wired or wireless) that the connection really needs to be reliable. Typical WiFi in homes runs at 2.4GHz. I personally ran into one home that had a 2.4GHz cordless phone base station near one of the WiFi devices; even with the phone not in use network performance was seriously degraded, if the phone rang/was used the WiFi LAN was completely unusable. Older 900MHz cordless phones still have their uses :)

A lot of other wireless devices also work at 2.4GHz and can cause interference e.g. wireless speakers, headphones etc. Another crowd-pleaser is microwave ovens - your kid nukes a pizza pop, you lose your data ;)

Seriously, if you want reliable data transmission for Fox, run a wire.

If you absolutely, positively have to go wireless you could try a dual band (2.4GHz + 5GHz) unit but that would mean updating all your networking devices, with no guarantee of better reliablity. Overview:

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