Folder sharing from 2 locations not under a domain

[MBony]

Forgive me if this is something simple I haven't thought of. I have 2 machines at 2 physical locations, miles apart. Both will have DSL connections. Both run WinXP Pro. I need to share a folder on one machine so the machine at the other location can save a .txt file to the machine with the shared folder. What is the simplest way to do this?

 

[nweaver]

simplest? FTP
best: VPN

 

[MBony]

Originally posted by: nweaver
simplest? FTP
best: VPN

Can this be achieved with both machines running XP Pro? All the tutorials I've looked at are using 2000/2003 Server OS.

 

[ColKurtz]

Yes. The XP machines just need to be loaded with FTP server software Try Filezilla or any number of free FTP servers.

You'll also have to make sure the routers are forwarding port 21 (the default port, unless you change it) at both locations.

 

[MBony]

Originally posted by: ColKurtz
Yes. The XP machines just need to be loaded with FTP server software Try Filezilla or any number of free FTP servers.

You'll also have to make sure the routers are forwarding port 21 (the default port, unless you change it) at both locations.

Sorry, I was referring to the VPN part of his comment.

 

[ColKurtz]

Originally posted by: MBony

Sorry, I was referring to the VPN part of his comment.

Check out Hamachi

 

[MBony]

Originally posted by: ColKurtz

Originally posted by: MBony

Sorry, I was referring to the VPN part of his comment.

Check out Hamachi

Yep, I discovered that last night, funny you mention it. I am going to try it out and see if it suits my needs. Thanks for the link 🙂