I've just resurected an old PC for use as a fileserver on my home network.
The useage is twofold - 1) to provide centralised storage for all media which can then be played anywhere in the house and 2) to manage all downloads so I can turn my other machines off when I go to bed!
1 is easy enough - I was looking at FreeNAS but really for my purposes, just having the drives shared is more than sufficient. 2 is a bit trickier - I'd rather not have to physically be at the server to start/stop downloads but at any of the other PCs on the network. Whats the best way of remote controling it? Will XP remote desktop to the trick or is there a better way e.g. LogMeIn?
The useage is twofold - 1) to provide centralised storage for all media which can then be played anywhere in the house and 2) to manage all downloads so I can turn my other machines off when I go to bed!
1 is easy enough - I was looking at FreeNAS but really for my purposes, just having the drives shared is more than sufficient. 2 is a bit trickier - I'd rather not have to physically be at the server to start/stop downloads but at any of the other PCs on the network. Whats the best way of remote controling it? Will XP remote desktop to the trick or is there a better way e.g. LogMeIn?
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