Small office solution

threeball

I have a small business with an office where the secretary would be using the main PC. At the moment we have a requirement where one other person (salesman) would sometimes need to use a pc simultaneously and would quite often need access to the same information as the secretary.

Is a server required in this scenario or what would be the best way to set this up? Also, is it possible to do it wirelessly?

Thanks in advance

AlmightyCushion

A server would be overkill for what you are looking for. Look at getting a NAS drive. This is a box that will sit on your network and you will be able to store data and documents on it. Anyone connecting to your network will be able to access the files.

Edit: If you didn't need that much space a cloud storage service might be a better solution. Look at the likes of dropbox or google docs.

threeball

So you'd have 2 PC's linked to this NAS box and you'd store relevant common files on it?
Would it be possible to position something like outlook express there?

asif2011

No if you use Outlook Express and bring your email down using a regular POP account then if you go in to Outlook Express there is an option to leave your emails up on the server for say 30 days.

Then you could configure a second client to access the same POP box and it'll download all the messages that are up on the server. This way both machines would receive the same emails. It's not elegant but it does work for 2 PCs, and keeps everything much same as you are using.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179414

threeball

Thanks lads, any recommendations for a good NAS box.