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Network Setup with no server

Here goes my ignorance... I started working with a man that was running a one man show. We live in two different cities, but I will travel to his home based office several times a month. We use godaddy for our website hosting and for a virtual exchange service for our email. I am clueless as to the best way to set up our network/file sharing. We do have an online file sharing option through godaddy, but that is not efficient. Basically I want to have it set up like a server based network, but we have no server :) Isn't it possible to do that if you commit a laptop to act as a server. The other part to it is that he travels a lot, so as long as we had a dedicated laptop that he left on at all times at his house, could I still get into it from my place while he was gone. Sorry about the stupid questions.... but hey, I am blonde :)

Lee W, MVP

Not sure what your business is and what you need to share... but have you looked into using SharePoint? Some businesses use it in place of file sharing.

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MsSherryG

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Thanks, I will look into the two of them... but I failed to mention that my partner is the worst case of A.D.D. of anyone! He is always all over the place and is very bad at remembering to put things into a drop box, or move them to the online file folder we already have. However, if one of the options creates a much easier process that may be the way to go. I was thinking Sharepoint might be the answer, but I have asked him to shell out a lot of $$ since I came on board with all my great ideas, so getting him to swing for that may be a problem. I'll do some research though and check into the price. In the meantime I want to keep the question open for awhile though to see if anyone else can help. But thanks leew, and I'll throw some points your way!

MsSherryG

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Thanks chuck, going to look google info on that now.

ReneGe

And what about:

http://www.godaddy.com/email/online-file-storage.aspx?ci=16849&isc=tpcsr1

Cheers,
Rene

MsSherryG

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Thanks ReneGe... we do have that, but you have to know my partner to understand why thats not working out so well. He is always forgetting to upload a file to it that I might need, and then he will leave on a trip. I'm 4 hr drive from him, so if he's gone and has forgotten to upload something I need to there, ..well, you see the issue. (and you may have missed the note where I said he has an extreme case of AADD (Adult Attention Deficit Disorder) :)

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MsSherryG

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Thanks for all the input. Lance I looked at quick tutorial of google docs, looks like it is more intuitive then onlinefilefolders by godaddy, so that may be the way to go for now.
As for all the other comments, thank so much. Basically answered my question that it can be done with little to no investment of additional equipment and that there is several different options for setting up such a network. However, since I'm swamped right now with so much else on my plate and DynDNS and RDP, are foreign language to me :), I think it would be worth the $ to just hire a geek to come get it all set up for me. They could probably do it in 1/4th of the time ! But thanks to all. (and if anyone is in the St. Louis area and wants to earn some extra $... just let me know)