Hello there,
I have a question that i haven’t been able to find on the forums.
I am trying to use my main computer or Server with 2 Ipads mini using RDP and 3 Windows tables running 8.1
This is my current setup. The restaurant is a three level house, the server is on the main floor. I have a router (on main floor) and 2 airport extreme (one on each floor) to extend the wireless network.
Right now i depend on my internet service provider, if the internet goes down all of my tablets stop working and start giving errors, or is the connection is really slow the time response on the tablets is ridiculus slow.
Is it possible to use SambaPOS offline with 3 tablets and RDP??
Can someone point me in the right direcction please. I really love SambaPOS but need to be able to use it all the time.
In Mexico internet service providers are not very reliable
Thanks
Samba should not need an Internet connection to function.
You should look to adjust your network config if no internet connection is interfering with local network.
The tablets will connect to the server via local LAN network which should still work regardless of wan/internet status.
Would need more info on your LAN structure to offer any kind of sugestion.
Either;
A - your router/local dns server is stopping when internet goes down which is unusual.
Solution to this without replacing hardware is to use static IP on all devices and use IP address rather that names when setting database string.
B - you have inadvertently setup using VPN/WAN type connections to the server which would require Internet connection although if that were the case which I doubt it samba would be incredibly slow all the time.
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hello @JTRTech thanks for your reply
couple of questions:
A - So on all my tablets i need to change to static IP addresses and on the contection string should use something like this?? Data Source=192.168.100.2\SQLEXPRESS; User Id=sa; Password=sambapos
B - How can I check if i setup using WAN or VPN???
thanks
If using static IP you should check the the addresses are available and not used by other devices.
This can be ensured by either setting those addresses also on the device acting as dhco for the network as reserved or alternatively using addresses outside the dhcp range.
Regards WAN/VPN you would most likely know if you had set this up, not really something you could do without realising.
Local static IP should be first option anyway.
Is 192.168.100.1 your router/modem?
Check what the configured dhcp range is on the router and check what ips are taken.
App like IP scanner is handy to show active network devices.
If you change/set the dhcp to something like 192.168.100.50 - 192.168.100.254
And use 192.168.100.40 - 192.168.100.49 (if that’s enough).
Don’t forget that the tablets will need a static IP on the wifi and also the PC hosting the RDP and all instances of samba will need to have the name changed to the IP address of the SQL server machine.
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