Illustrator missing links when working on network drives

Hi everyone,
I've been experiencing this problem since several versions ago. Is only that now has become more apparent since our team have started to work collaboratively in the same files. Let me explain the problem.
If I have an Illustrator file on my local drive with several images linked everything works fine. Now if I move that file (and its linked images) to a network drive which is shared by the entire team and I open the file every thing is in place as long as I'm the last person that saved the file. If a teammate open the file I've just saved in he or she computer a prompt for missing links is shown. Once the missing images are re-linked he or she can work normally and if they close the file it won't prompt a missing links message the next time he or she open the file. But if another teammate open the file from his or her computer the message shows again.
It is as if Illustrator save the paths relatively to each computer rather than to the network drive where the links sit. This behavior is really annoying since it make collaborative work a pain.
Do anyone know a fix or at least a workaround for this? (embedding images instead of linking them is not a solution since we work with large files on huge projects).
Thanks in advance!

Well is not real time collaboration. It is more like you say, separate people sometimes end up working on the same files. This workflow is great and works flawlessly. The real problem are the linked assets (either images or others AI files placed inside a document). Each time a team member opens a file he or she need to re-link everything and it keeps correctly linked as long as he/she that saves changes to the file. The next person who open that file will need to re-link assets again.
It is as is Illustrator were unable to remember the path of links in shared drives but only in local ones.
It is not a deal breaker but certainly is quite annoying.

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