I am accessing folder on a Win2K system using the foxpro Oledb provider. As this has to go through a firewall in the live version I have to use the Network Address option in the connect string e.g
provider=vfpoledb; Newwork Address=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; Data source=folder;
I am opening the connection with a valid user id and password for the server machine and I have set up a share on the folder with full permissions for that user's group.

If I use the network name (e.g Data source=\\computer\folder) then the connection is set up with no problem, but when I use the IP address the connection fails.

I am wondering if I have to set up additional permissions because I am accessing the data using an ip address. But I don't know enough about Win2k to know where to look.

For testing the data us held on a Win2k Professional machine but in real life it will be held on a Win2k server.

Any advice would be much appreciated

Andrew Fell-Gordon