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Downloading files from home server

I have a home server (Windows Home Server) with tons of stuff on it. When I am traveling, I have tried to access and download epub format ebooks, and the browser gives me an error message that the download failed because that file type is not supported by my phone device. (Aldiko didn't help with this)
I have noticed this with other file types also.
Is there a way to download ANY file type from my home sever, even ones "not supported" by the phone? This would be very useful thing to be able to do.
The home server is accessed via a web browser (https).
stock Dell Streak Froyo.

setup ftp server on your home server
open a port on your router and do port forwarding to ftp port on your server
WAN port like 44444 -> serverip:21
then use a filemanger or FTP client (I use EStrongs file manager, but there are several others) to connect to the external IP of your router at port 44444 (or whatever port you chose above)

Radimus said:
setup ftp server on your home server
open a port on your router and do port forwarding to ftp port on your server
WAN port like 44444 -> serverip:21
then use a filemanger or FTP client (I use EStrongs file manager, but there are several others) to connect to the external IP of your router at port 44444 (or whatever port you chose above)
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I'll have to study up a bit to do something like that. I was hoping there was just some way to allow android to download any file type through the web (http).

The FTP server solution is one way to go. Have you tried a different browser??

Edrill said:
The FTP server solution is one way to go. Have you tried a different browser??
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I have tried different browsers and apps such as crutch and download buddy. Some of those do let me download the file, but when I try to open the file, it won't. Yet, if I transfer the file by USB or Dropbox, it works fine.
Very frustrating...
Don't know that I want to go through the trouble of setting up an ftp server for something that seems so obvious... can't believe it's not part of the android OS to allow such web based file transfers within the browser???

why not use dropbox? its free, and 2gig will store a lot of epub format ebooks
https://www.dropbox.com

I use Download all files.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/download-all-files/com.hwkrbbt.downloadall

I use a VPN setup. i think it's the most powerful, albeit a bit tricky to setup. should you need help configuring it dont hesitate to ask. however, whatever your solution, remember a couple of limitations:
- you can access mapped net shares (smb) using almost any file explorer (i use astro), you can copy your files to the sd, but you cannot run remote files. that's because generally no app is able to deal with the smb protocol.
- to circumvent this limitation, you must be root. i don't exactly know the passages but the general method is to create a mount point to your net share (something like \mnt\network1 or whatever), so the system (and most important the apps) will be tricked to think they are dealing with local files. if you are not root, upon reboot the mount point will be forgotten. I read about this somewhere around here.

@ stoney73: I do use Dropbox, but would like to be able to access anything on my server while I am traveling.
@tenorntex: I just ran across that app and will likely give it a try.
@crashDebug: sounds interesting. I would have to do a bit of research and educate myself before I could attempt what you're describing.
Thanks all. It will be solved eventually.

network drive access

I have a maxtor shared storage II NAS. It has a static address. All the PC can see the drive via drive mapping. I've tried various programs to map network drive on my Acer. It fails. I can see the drive and can ping it. I can't connect.
Running 3.1,rooted. Stock rom. A any ideas?

da_maxx said:
I have a maxtor shared storage II NAS. It has a static address. All the PC can see the drive via drive mapping. I've tried various programs to map network drive on my Acer. It fails. I can see the drive and can ping it. I can't connect.
Running 3.1,rooted. Stock rom. A any ideas?
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Yes, try es file explorer. After installing, in the to left corner it has a drop down box that should be on "local" by default. Click it and choose "lan" and see if it shows up.

I've tried es explorer. It sees the drive. But I can't access it. It says incorrect user name. I don't have user names or passwords for the network share.
On other PC, I can enter the path into a web browser and open the share. This doesn't work from my Acer. Maybe need to try different browser?

I use ES File Manager to access my NAS and PC shares without issue. It also works well with FTP.
Could the problem be how your NAS is configured? Perhaps you could try ES on a regular computer share. If that works then the problem isn't ES.

File Expert App - Unable to connect with SMB

I did search "File Expert" as well as "SMB" along with several combinations of those words but there were no answers to my question on this forum. How do you connect the Elocity Android device to a PC on the host wifi network using "File Expert"s SMB protocol?
I tried the Geek Software (the app creators) website which was of no help. Other than a couple of youtube videos, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of instructions for this app.
I want to be able to access some video files that reside on my PC with my Elocity Tab over my Wifi network using a shared folder without having to transfer them. From what I've read this is possible using the SMB feature of the File Expert app.
My problem is that when I try to add a new SMB network through the File expert interface, I have very little understanding of what the File Expert app is asking for. The first box asks for "Server Domain(leave empty if N/A)", the 2nd asks for "Server IP Address or computer name" (which is the only box I think I know how to fill out), the 3rd asks for a "Nickname", the 4th asks for "User Name:", and the 5th asks for "Password".
None of my PCs on the wifi network have logon passwords. I would like to be able to access shared folders on 2 different PCs with my tablet, one running xp and the other running W7.
I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

wifi file explorer or wifi file transfer both are free in the market..

try ES Explorer from market ist free
ones you open you have to pres menu, show... tap lan and serch for servers
you should have an activated server in you lan to find it

Thanks for that tip about ES Explorer! It was exactly what I was looking for. After enabling the sharing of the correct folders on my PC, I was able to add it as a server by typing in the PC's IP address. After that the PC appeared in the ES File Explorer's interface. Clicking on the PC(server) showed me all the files in my computer's shared folder and I was able to open pictures, videos, and audio straight from my tablet. Awesome! Thanks again!

[Q] cannot access LAN with N4

I cannot access my LAN using my N4 through either LAN nor FTP.
I have checked, the device has recived IP from my WIFI access point. I have tried with both Total Commander (both LAN and FTP plugins) and ES File Explorer. There are however no problems when trying to FTP to external FTP-server.
My previous phone, HTC Desire S 4.0.4, functions on the LAN like it should...?
I'm using stock N4 4.2.1, non-rooted.
Best regards

I hate to see these kind of replies but... " works fine here" lol
regular windows share drive.. I did have to make sure on the windows box the computer login was active with a password. Like, when you open your pc, you -have- to type a user/pass to enter.
seems the security in android requires this and there is no way to just tunnel in without a user/pass.
I'm using es file explorer too. just settings, drop in my lan ip of the box that has my shared drives, enter the user/pass. save. menu then LAN and voila. instant access.
Hope this helps a bit !

[Q] Need help to access network drive with ES Explorer

I have an external HD connected to my home wireless router. The router is a Netgear N600 model: WNDR3400. I can see the HD from all my computers. After some research I installed ES File Explorer on my Nexus 7 trying to get access to the Network Drive. My problem is that after doing a LAN Scan with ES Explorer I can see the IP Address for my router (default 192.168.1.1) but when I click it to get access ES Explorer is asking me for a User Name and Password. I assumed that it should be the router's User and password so I type them in but I receive a Login Failure again that says "Try new user name/password?" I ckick OK and enter the router info again but I can't access the drive.
I can access my laptop from the Nexus 7 using ES Explorer but not the Network Drive connected to the Router.
Any advice will be appreciated.

Well, there's potentially a bunch of different SMB authentication schemes that are possible; but what auth method does the router docs say it supports? I would think that you would have set this up when you configured the router initially.
I sort of doubt that it is set up to work with a domain controller, so some things to try are:
- use the workgroup name (same one the laptop uses) in the domain field in the ES add server dialog
- use the laptop user/pw pair?
- leave the user/pw pair blank and select the "anonymous" toggle?
Also, from the laptop, get the IP address of the router and run (from the command line)
nbtstat -A IP_address_of_router
at a minimum that should provide workgroup info

bftb0 said:
Well, there's potentially a bunch of different SMB authentication schemes that are possible; but what auth method does the router docs say it supports? I would think that you would have set this up when you configured the router initially.
I sort of doubt that it is set up to work with a domain controller, so some things to try are:
- use the workgroup name (same one the laptop uses) in the domain field in the ES add server dialog
- use the laptop user/pw pair?
- leave the user/pw pair blank and select the "anonymous" toggle?
Also, from the laptop, get the IP address of the router and run (from the command line)
nbtstat -A IP_address_of_router
at a minimum that should provide workgroup info
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Thank you bftb0 for your response,
regarding your 3 points:
1. I'm not completely sure how or where to find the name of my workgroup. If you can send me some more detailed steps on where to find this information, that would be grate. My laptop is running Windows 7
2. Doesn't make any sense to me. I'm trying to connect my nexus 7 to a network drive that is connected to my wireless router not to my laptop. I had no problem connecting the Nexus 7 to my laptop with ES Explorer
3.I did this one but didn't worked.
Regarding your last command I run it on my laptop and I get a table but unfortunately I'm not sure if I can understand correctly the information on that table.
I don't know if this will help but I installed a similar app (filebrowser) on an ipad and I can access the network drive with no problem using the same username/pw combination that I'm using on my Nexus 7. So I believe that the router and the network drive is configured correctly.

can you view your HD from your laptop? if so, what is the un/pw combo you used there?

Well that table is "the remote machine's name table". In this case, remote machine = your router.
Kinda was hoping you were going to cut-n-paste the table. Unlikely it contains anything private.
By default (if you don't alter it) Windows PCs that are not part of a domain have a default workgroup name of "WORKGROUP". So I suppose if I was going to ship a router to a Windows customer (90% of the world?) that might also be the default SMB workgroup name for the router too.
On the PC, the workgroup is listed by right-clicking on My Computer -> Properties.
As I said, there are a number of different ways that authentication can occur with Windows (SMB) server shares. For home products though, I would expect the simplest of them in which case a workgroup name might not even be needed.
It is possible that ES File Manager is simply incompatible. But you might want to crack open the user manual for your router and see what knobs are available for you to turn.
good luck

haha123,
Yes I can see my HD from any of my computers and also from an ipad running an app called filebrowser.
I already used the User/PW combination that I use for all my compters and the ipad because that's the combination for the router that has the HD connected. The only devices that are not working are my Nexus 7 tablet and my Galaxy S3 phone. So I think the problem could be compatibility between Android and the router login.
How can I know if the router has a Samba Server running? If this question make any sense because I'm not too literate in this network world.
bftb0
After I wrote you, I fond out that the workgroup on my devices as you told me is "WORKGROUP" I try with that but didn't work. The table also show "READYSHARE" as one of the names so I try it also but with the same result.
Thanks to both anyhow
I'm still trying to find out what is happening.

luisopr said:
haha123,
Yes I can see my HD from any of my computers and also from an ipad running an app called filebrowser.
I already used the User/PW combination that I use for all my compters and the ipad because that's the combination for the router that has the HD connected. The only devices that are not working are my Nexus 7 tablet and my Galaxy S3 phone. So I think the problem could be compatibility between Android and the router login.
How can I know if the router has a Samba Server running? If this question make any sense because I'm not too literate in this network world.
bftb0
After I wrote you, I fond out that the workgroup on my devices as you told me is "WORKGROUP" I try with that but didn't work. The table also show "READYSHARE" as one of the names so I try it also but with the same result.
Thanks to both anyhow
I'm still trying to find out what is happening.
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I've found that X-Plore works much better than ES. Username and password should be the same as what you enter to get into the configuration settings of the router. You've all over-complicated things asking for workgroup info and such. The source of the media, the hard drive, isn't plugged into a computer, therefore worrying about workgroup/domain info is irrelevant. If the username and passwords are not working, then I would suggest trying a different app or looking into the configuration settings in place on the router that may be rejecting the Nexus from authenticating.
I can tell you that I have the same setup (different router though) and have my router set to allow all connections so as long as I'm on the wifi AP, any device including my tablets and phones can access the hard drive.

From a quick Google (youtube has netgear videos) I guess you are using Ready Share. Unless you have changed some defaults then displaying the properties of your external HDD in W7 File explorer should show its address as \\readyshare and that should be used in your Android File manager "set up a network connection" screen to connect to the drive.
There may also be an Android specific error in the software late last year. The last post here http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=72917&page=2 claims a solution with ES File Explorer

luisopr said:
haha123,
Yes I can see my HD from any of my computers and also from an ipad running an app called filebrowser.
I already used the User/PW combination that I use for all my compters and the ipad because that's the combination for the router that has the HD connected. The only devices that are not working are my Nexus 7 tablet and my Galaxy S3 phone. So I think the problem could be compatibility between Android and the router login.
How can I know if the router has a Samba Server running? If this question make any sense because I'm not too literate in this network world.
bftb0
After I wrote you, I fond out that the workgroup on my devices as you told me is "WORKGROUP" I try with that but didn't work. The table also show "READYSHARE" as one of the names so I try it also but with the same result.
Thanks to both anyhow
I'm still trying to find out what is happening.
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If the same username/password combo working on other devices isn't working on Nexus 7, then it might be a protocol error (eg: it's not a LAN share, so it's not working in ES)

Same here.
I can't see my Shared folders, all Local Network PCs can access my shared multimedia files but ES File Explorer can't detect any after several Scans.

ar_156 said:
Same here.
I can't see my Shared folders, all Local Network PCs can access my shared multimedia files but ES File Explorer can't detect any after several Scans.
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I had to make a second account on my pc with a password in order to get mine setup
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