at work help out with this?
Digger
In order to be able to work from home, I need access to my workplace's server so that I can transfer files to and from it.
This server is currently only used internally (it does not serve a web page of FTP or anything like that).
I've figured out that the server has a static IP address so it should be possible to connect to it from anywhere somehow, but I have no idea how.
I did ping the IP address but I get a timeout, and I don't know what to do. I imagine that some settings need to be changed but this is all new to me and I don't know what and where these settings are.
Also, I'm guessing that there should be a password to protect the server once I'm connected, but where does one set up that password?
Could anyone help me out with this? I'm using a Mac by the way, and the server is running Windows 8 Server. I imagine some router settings need changing but I know nothing beyond that...
Is is fairly simple to do this?

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