Hello,
I wonder if anyone can help me out on a small issue that I am working on at my work place.
Here is the Scenario:
My work is a timber wholesaler with 1 main office and 6 branch offices.
Currently the Main office is on a Domain and the Branches are setup on Workgroups.
They each have a 512Kbs Internet pipe with a VPN to the Main office.
Now the issue is, these branches need to access the file server. however to map a network drive on each PC at the branches slows down the main Sales software for everyone at the branch. The internet connections are just like residentual connections and not business grade. Now with out having to upgrade and spend lots of money what would be the best way to have these computers have access to the Files from the file server offline.
One option i thought i could make work is to have 1 computer at every branch to sync with the file server over night and then share the files offline to the other computers in the branch. I am able to get the sync working with the built in Windows Offline Files software. but i don't know what to do next to share out the files. The Branch computer all run Windows XP and the file server is a Windows Server 2003.
any ideas?
I wonder if anyone can help me out on a small issue that I am working on at my work place.
Here is the Scenario:
My work is a timber wholesaler with 1 main office and 6 branch offices.
Currently the Main office is on a Domain and the Branches are setup on Workgroups.
They each have a 512Kbs Internet pipe with a VPN to the Main office.
Now the issue is, these branches need to access the file server. however to map a network drive on each PC at the branches slows down the main Sales software for everyone at the branch. The internet connections are just like residentual connections and not business grade. Now with out having to upgrade and spend lots of money what would be the best way to have these computers have access to the Files from the file server offline.
One option i thought i could make work is to have 1 computer at every branch to sync with the file server over night and then share the files offline to the other computers in the branch. I am able to get the sync working with the built in Windows Offline Files software. but i don't know what to do next to share out the files. The Branch computer all run Windows XP and the file server is a Windows Server 2003.
any ideas?