I'm a small, two user on a Linux network (set up by a friend who knows networks). In the past, upgrading meant simply installing the new Maximizer on each of the two terminals, and off we go. The documentation with 6.0 is way over my head in regards to networks. As I read it, it looks much more complicated than in the past, and Maximizer wants $200 per question. If I'm shut down trouble shooting for days, I'm out of business.

Can anyone give me some encouragement or advise to make this upgrade painless with minimal brain damage. Are my fears warranted? I have purchased 6.0 and 1 extra license disk. Where does the license disk come into play.

Looking for courage.

Carl Roestenburg

>Where does the license disk come into play.

One of the machines on which you install/upgrade Maximizer must be designated as a "Server" during the install process. It will act as the P.SQL "Gateway" (a.k.a. Workgroup Server) that controls the access to the Address Book files. (NB: In your case that's not the same as the file server - the Linux box on which your files are stored.)

After you choose "Server" during the Maximizer install, the setup program will ask for your Maximizer license disk. That's when you plug it in.

After finishing the setup on the "Server" machine, remember to run the "Gateway Locator" utility. Select the Address Book folder for your shared database (on your file server), set the Gateway name to the name of your Maximizer "Server" machine (should be the default), and make the assignment permanent. That will tell the other Maximizer machine in your office (the "Workstation") to always ask the "Server" machine for access to the database files.