>Hi:
>
>In my intranet this code run well:
>USE \\my_machine\name_hd_shared\customer.dbf
>
>
>If I write run well too with a local ip:
>USE \\102.168.0.3\name_hd_shared\customer.dbf
>
>But with a real internet ip address dont work!
>USE \\198.75.208.3\name_hd_shared\customer.dbf
>
>¿Why...?

UNCs (at least in VFP) rely on resolution of the UNC as a NetBIOS machine name; I suspect that there's no WINS provider available to your system that can translate the remote IP address into a unique NetBIOS name for you.