shared folder/drive on bt business hub?

aardvark

aardvark

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not really done this before but at work we have 5 pc's, some on xp some on win7 all on a bt business wifi hub. What we want to do is have a shared documents area that everyone can access but that is also passworded.

wondering what the best way of doing this is?
a software based system on every pc? a shared network storage device?

no idea really but i'm the least stupid when it comes to pc's so i've been put in charge of doing it!!

cheers
 
What's the budget for this?

What do you do about backups at the moment?

How much capacity is required.

Is the Internet connection good enough to make a cloud solution viable?
 
cheap as possible.
we only do personal backups atm.
not much space, mainly small documents - probably not even as high as 10gb.
internet connection is ok.

cheers
 
don't know what i'm doing wrong but setting up shared folders on the pcs doesn't seem to work - the pc's can't see each other.

what about a nas? never had one before - easy to setup?
 
There are plenty of online guides available that cover the basics of sharing folders between PCs, so there's no point repeating it all here. If you're working from one of the online guides then outline the steps you've taken, and someone should be able to help you get it working.

Setting up a NAS isn't very complicated, all the necessary instructions should come with it. By the time you've included the cost of the drives you'll be looking at several hundred pounds for anything decent (Synology or similar).

If you've got the Business Hub 3 then I believe that you can use its USB port to create a very basic NAS.

If you're centralising your data then it's even more important to get a robust backup strategy in place.
 
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