Network noob seeking advice

[Wingy]

Hello,

I'm setting up my home network, and could use advice on accessing it from the outside world.

I have 4 Machines, A, B, C, D. A is my laptop. B, C and linux boxes, D is Windows 7.

Everything is behind a little linksys router/firewall/switch.

My question is this: Should I setup the servers on each of the boxes to routed to by the router via port forwarding, or should I use one of the boxes as a dedicated entry point to the network.

My idea was this: If I mount the drives on machined C and D on B, then when I go to the the coffee shop with A, I can basically SFTP my files and what not to B, which will distribute as necessary.

I hope that made sense, it makes sense in my head. Dedicated SSH, SFTP on one server with file systems of 2 other servers mounted to it for distribution, or simply setup SSH, SFTP on all 3, and use the routers port forwarding.

Thanks

 

[Shockey]

Why not just setup network sharing?

you remote in and see the shares using SMB in linux.

 

[Wingy]

Network sharing was essentially what I was talking about.

smb shares mounted to the server, which I remote in to. I wanted to make sure this was the best approach.