Shared files over different network?

[Justin32]

What would be the best way to access a shared folder but when your on a different network?

 

I have been using team viewers vpn connection which works pretty good for small documents, but any large files take way too long to transfer.

 

What are some alternatives?

[Lenovo1984]

You probably could look into setting up a VPN server on one network and connecting into it from your client rather than using an external program (like TeamViewer). 

[Justin32]

How do I go about doing this?

[Lenovo1984]

Just now, Justin32 said:

How do I go about doing this?

I don't have specific instructions, but you could look up how to setup a VPN server using whatever method you'd like online and there will be articles to walk you through it. Are the two networks home networks? Is one of them a school/work network? 

[Justin32]

One network is my home network, and the other is my schools'.

[mariushm]

Easiest would probably be to use Google Drive (zip folder and upload, then download at school)

 

If you have a relatively static IP you could set up a SFTP server or a regular FTP server (and set up forwarding in your router/modem) , if the school lets you connect to FTP servers.

 

A website would be even easier, you'd only need to set up apache and php (5 minute job or there's packages like Wamp which set things up for you automatically) and then you can simply use a free basic file manager script to see contents of a folder and upload files directly to your pc. 

For example PHP File Manager is a single index.php file you put in the root folder of your website : https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpfm/

 

[Justin32]

OK ill look into that! Thanks