Re: Sharing data between two home PCs

From: Monzai (spam_at_monzai.com)
Date: 09/03/03 

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 23:43:15 +0200

Dear Tim, yes, absolutely,
VPN secures the communication between your machines.
If you want to share data you'll need to setup the win directory shares.
Cheers,
Monzai

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Tim wrote:
> I know this may seem more like a general networking question, but the
> linux ngs have been helpful in the past.
>
> I have two PCs, each one is at a different location (home). Each PC is
> a single PC with no network connections, but each PC does have internet
> access. Each PC is running windows 2000.
>
> How can I network the two PCs so they can share data? Is configuring a
> VPN the best way to accomplish this task?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>

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