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Home network, leave one PC on 24/7 to leave network share available?
Hello. New user, first post!
Imagine I have a typical home network - modem, router, a desktop PC and a couple of laptops. The desktop is Win10, the laptops are Win8.
The PC has some files on its hard drive that the two laptops want to access semi-regularly.
Is this not exactly what networking was designed for? I would leave the PC on and connected to the network, share the applicable folder, and the laptops can access the files whenever they want.
I have been told no, no, this is a terrible idea, you must set up a NAS. But to me this seems like the very purpose of Windows networking.
Would this board be kind enough to educate me one way or the other?
Thanks.