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need a bit of help, how to connect to my pc using athena??

Ok i know i already saw the answer of this somewhere but i already looked for it and i just cant find it.
I have a athena and i would like to remotely connect to my pc that is on my office and use it remotely, i know there are programs to do this i just cant get the right words to find them.
can anyone help me out on this?
thankx

** make sure that you have windows xp pro**
1. download this file onto your pda and run it.
2. make sure that if you are using a router the you open up port 3389... it has to be this port and no other
3. on your desktop goto start/settings/control panel/system/remote and click the box that says "allow users to connect remotely to this computer", that is it you don't need to click anything else
4. open up the program and type in your ip address without the port number then username and password - which must match your windows login and password.
done

irus said:
** make sure that you have windows xp pro**
1. download this file onto your pda and run it.
2. make sure that if you are using a router the you open up port 3389... it has to be this port and no other
3. on your desktop goto start/settings/control panel/system/remote and click the box that says "allow users to connect remotely to this computer", that is it you don't need to click anything else
4. open up the program and type in your ip address without the port number then username and password - which must match your windows login and password.
done
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All good advice but this may not work if your office PC is behind a firewall / your office network uses Network Address Translation or you need a VPN to access the network. Give it a go and see what happens but if the IP address of your office PC starts 10.0.0 or 192.168 or similar, it is unlikely to work. You will then have to use a remote access service.

apd said:
All good advice but this may not work if your office PC is behind a firewall / your office network uses Network Address Translation or you need a VPN to access the network. Give it a go and see what happens but if the IP address of your office PC starts 10.0.0 or 192.168 or similar, it is unlikely to work. You will then have to use a remote access service.
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Also if your IP's range anywhere within 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255, the you're behind a firewall.

ltxda said:
Also if your IP's range anywhere within 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255, the you're behind a firewall.
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If you're just using 3G/HSDPA you shouldn't have any problems connecting.
If you've got a DSL connection with a dynamic IP address (like mine with Virgin Media) Just register and download the NO-IP software (www.no-ip.com - it's free) then instead of typing in your Ip address on RD you'll put "....no-ip.biz" - or whatever they assign you.
As already stated you HAVE to open up port 3389 on your router and assign it to the relevant pc. This number you will find by entering "ipconfig" in the cmd window. Be aware that if your router gets turned off you could find that the IP address of your computer changes, so you'll have to go back into your router settings and change it to the new ip address for that pc.
I've tested RDP on XP Pro, Media Center 2005 and Vista. I found it to be a little better when the host was a Vista pc - whether this is my imagination or because it is designed with Vista in mind I don't know.

leoni1980 said:
If you're just using 3G/HSDPA you shouldn't have any problems connecting.
If you've got a DSL connection with a dynamic IP address (like mine with Virgin Media) Just register and download the NO-IP software (www.no-ip.com - it's free) then instead of typing in your Ip address on RD you'll put "....no-ip.biz" - or whatever they assign you.
As already stated you HAVE to open up port 3389 on your router and assign it to the relevant pc. This number you will find by entering "ipconfig" in the cmd window. Be aware that if your router gets turned off you could find that the IP address of your computer changes, so you'll have to go back into your router settings and change it to the new ip address for that pc.
I've tested RDP on XP Pro, Media Center 2005 and Vista. I found it to be a little better when the host was a Vista pc - whether this is my imagination or because it is designed with Vista in mind I don't know.
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Of course, this only applies if you are not behind a corporate firewall using NAT or other dynamic IP behind the firewall. Also, if it is a corporate network, opening port 3389 may be (a) very difficult to convince your IT dept to do and (b) not very secure!
If one iof the dynamic dns systems works for you, you might try dyndns.org

File sharing over WLAN

Im used to doing file sharing over my network at home (some wireless some wired). Can this be done with my mogul? I just want to be able to watch some vids that are on my desktop or listen to my music. I cant seem to figure this out i tried looking for the phone on the view workgroup computers from my network places on my PC but nothing. I tried putting in my desktops IP on IE,file explorer,total commander but nothing. Is there something that im not remembering? Or can it not be done?

resco file explorer will let you map windows network drives.. works pretty well over wifi...
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1. First make sure you have some folders shared on your desktop.
2. Next make sure your WLAN connection is setup and working on your Mogul
3. To verify you have a connection, open the admin panel on your wireless router and verify that your Mogul grabbed an IP address. For example, on my wireless router's DHCP table, I can see my Mogul listed as WM_Tony and it grabbed an IP address. Next, from your desktop try to ping your Mogul at that IP address, it should work.
4. Now open your Mogul, goto File Explorer, then Menu, then "Open Path", then "New Path". Type in the name of your desktop using the format \\Desktop_name
5. If your Desktop is password protected, you'll get a popup asking for credentials, enter them now.
6. You should now see any shared network folders that are on your desktop.
Hope that helps,
TC

TC1 said:
1. First make sure you have some folders shared on your desktop.
2. Next make sure your WLAN connection is setup and working on your Mogul
3. To verify you have a connection, open the admin panel on your wireless router and verify that your Mogul grabbed an IP address. For example, on my wireless router's DHCP table, I can see my Mogul listed as WM_Tony and it grabbed an IP address. Next, from your desktop try to ping your Mogul at that IP address, it should work.
4. Now open your Mogul, goto File Explorer, then Menu, then "Open Path", then "New Path". Type in the name of your desktop using the format \\Desktop_name
5. If your Desktop is password protected, you'll get a popup asking for credentials, enter them now.
6. You should now see any shared network folders that are on your desktop.
Hope that helps,
TC
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just to note, if you use the OEM File Explorer you cant play videos/mp3/etc directly from the share, you have to copy them over
not sure if resco is the same way or not

defaultdotxbe said:
just to note, if you use the OEM File Explorer you cant play videos/mp3/etc directly from the share, you have to copy them over
not sure if resco is the same way or not
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Actually that's a good point. I'm surprised there's no "true" network client for the PPC platform. I also noticed that when my PPC is connected to the network that I can't see it in the network neighborhood, which means it's not supporting NetBIOS broadcasts or dynamic DNS registrations with Active Directory.
I'm going to do some more research on this, I'll report back if I find anything hepful.

[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
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

wireless storage not working. proper setup.

In my routers configuration I can see that both my PC and my G2 are connected to my home network.
I enter the proper IP-adress into windows explorer but can't get it to work.
I tried it with \\192.168.X.XXX\G2 with \\G2 with \\192.168.X.XXX/G2
I tried to map a network drive with username and password and I typed all of the above into the run-window.
Wireless storage is activatd.
Anybody?

I gave up with my win 8 setup, using the LG program . Websharing app works like a charm though.
Sent from my VS980 4G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Same Problem
Been all over the web for a fix. I have a T Mobile device and I've tried everything I can think of. Not a noob VOIP Engineer here!

Try just \\192.168.x.x (without the \\G2 at the end). If you tap the Wireless Storage notification, it should give you a help screen with the G2's network name, which for a VZW G2 should be \\VS980_4G_LTE

Had some issues with this and then found this (see below) credit to android central post # 3095695
I used option 1 and it worked well. The only thing I noticed is that when I go to my computer, it has both a search bar and an address bar. The address bar is on the left, search is on the right. I typed in the \\192.168.x.xxx into the address bar. It then displayed the phone folder, I clicked on it and it open it up just as if I had it USB'd. This was on Windows 7 computer.
Edit: As a new user I can't put the link on so here are the directions:
Option 1: Direct search
Double Click on Computer on your PC to open your Explorer. Click the search bar at the top and type in the following:
\\192.168.x.xx (the IP address listed on your Wireless storage screen)
You will be prompted to enter your username and password and once done a network folder labeled "g2" will pop up and you will have wireless access to your phone.
Option 2: Map a network drive
Double Click on Computer on your PC to open your Explorer, then choose "Map network drive" from the top menu, choose a drive letter then for the folder type in the following:
\\192.168.x.xx\G2
Like in the direct search method, the IP address you'll want to enter is the IP listed on your Wireless storage screen. Make sure you also include all the forward slashes and the \G2 at the end.
You will be prompted to enter your username and password and once done a mapped network drive labeled "G2" will pop up on your explorer screen. Double click that drive and you will have wireless access to your phone.
*NOTE*: The \G2 at the end seems to be required in order to map a network drive, but it is not required when doing a direct search in the explorer search bar. This is probably because the "g2" folder is what is shared, and you can only map to a shared folder. Interestingly, the \G2 is also required if you prefer to access your phone via a web browser, as is listed in LG's instructions on the Wireless storage screen itself, but fails to include this information. I tried many different ways and simply entering the IP address or \\G2 in a browser window simply doesn't work. I'm sure there are some technical reasons for this, but I'm just a tech enthusiast not a professional.

I had issues too and I can confirm these last tips are both working

I know the biggest thing for me was that on Verizon, the phone is VS980_4G_LTE unless you rename it.

OK, I can not get this to work for the life of me. So let me ask a simple question. Is your PC "cabled" to your wireless router or is computer using a wireless PCI/PCIE card?
I have read through every instruction on every thread concerning this subject and have tried to use every method mentioned and none of them are working.
Windows XP
D-Link DIR655 router
My computer is cabled to the router.
Never mind. Your PC has to be wireless as well or else it will not work. I have another PC this is on a wireless card to my network and the first time I tried it, it worked.
Removed. Erroneous it appears.....

NevetsDrassel said:
Your PC has to be wireless as well or else it will not work. I have another PC this is on a wireless card to my network and the first time I tried it, it worked.
So for all of you having problems getting this to work, YOUR PC HAS TO BE WIRELESS AND NOT CABLED TO YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER.
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Not true. I can access wireless storage with my PCs which are wired, or my laptop which is wireless. No issues with either method, though large files are slow as hell to transfer in comparison to smaller files such as pictures.

KrisisTP said:
Not true. I can access wireless storage with my PCs which are wired, or my laptop which is wireless. No issues with either method, though large files are slow as hell to transfer in comparison to smaller files such as pictures.
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This ^^
Why does my phone not show in the networks tab?
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.

trickster2369 said:
This ^^
Why does my phone not show in the networks tab?
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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My phone isn't showing up in networks tab either. My phone says it's connected to my network, gives me the IP address and username and pw, but it's not seen in networks, nor do either of the above methods work for me.
EDIT: For trying to map network drive, I get the following error: 0x80070035 The network path was not found. (Yes I've entered the address correctly).

Private-Cowboy said:
Ehm, that is the wrong forum for that kind of request!
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Then I am at a loss as to what the issue is with my main PC compared to the secondary wireless PC. Can not figure out the issue as to why it will not work on the labeled PC. Tried every method and it does not work.....
Sent from my LG-D800

thanks works like a charm on windows 7

thestrangebrew said:
My phone isn't showing up in networks tab either. My phone says it's connected to my network, gives me the IP address and username and pw, but it's not seen in networks, nor do either of the above methods work for me.
EDIT: For trying to map network drive, I get the following error: 0x80070035 The network path was not found. (Yes I've entered the address correctly).
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Oh I got it to work just fine. It just doesn't show up in the networks tab.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.

jmichalakjr said:
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Thanks for... Well... Quoting the manual. As I said, that unfortunately doesn't work for me.

android404 said:
Thanks for... Well... Quoting the manual. As I said, that unfortunately doesn't work for me.
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Thanks for...well...not stating in your original post that you followed the manual. In fact, you only stated that you had g2 extensions. What I posted helped others. No need to troll me.
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

jmichalakjr said:
Had some issues with this and then found this (see below) credit to android central post # 3095695
I used option 1 and it worked well. The only thing I noticed is that when I go to my computer, it has both a search bar and an address bar. The address bar is on the left, search is on the right. I typed in the \\192.168.x.xxx into the address bar. It then displayed the phone folder, I clicked on it and it open it up just as if I had it USB'd. This was on Windows 7 computer.
Edit: As a new user I can't put the link on so here are the directions:
Option 1: Direct search
Double Click on Computer on your PC to open your Explorer. Click the search bar at the top and type in the following:
\\192.168.x.xx (the IP address listed on your Wireless storage screen)
You will be prompted to enter your username and password and once done a network folder labeled "g2" will pop up and you will have wireless access to your phone.
Option 2: Map a network drive
Double Click on Computer on your PC to open your Explorer, then choose "Map network drive" from the top menu, choose a drive letter then for the folder type in the following:
\\192.168.x.xx\G2
Like in the direct search method, the IP address you'll want to enter is the IP listed on your Wireless storage screen. Make sure you also include all the forward slashes and the \G2 at the end.
You will be prompted to enter your username and password and once done a mapped network drive labeled "G2" will pop up on your explorer screen. Double click that drive and you will have wireless access to your phone.
*NOTE*: The \G2 at the end seems to be required in order to map a network drive, but it is not required when doing a direct search in the explorer search bar. This is probably because the "g2" folder is what is shared, and you can only map to a shared folder. Interestingly, the \G2 is also required if you prefer to access your phone via a web browser, as is listed in LG's instructions on the Wireless storage screen itself, but fails to include this information. I tried many different ways and simply entering the IP address or \\G2 in a browser window simply doesn't work. I'm sure there are some technical reasons for this, but I'm just a tech enthusiast not a professional.
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I followed jmichalakjr 2nd method and I just got the drive to map on my windows 7 machine after a bunch of fails. I was typing in the \\192.168.XX.XX\\G2 to map my network drive. However, as pointed out in the NOTE above, there needs to be a single \ before G2 to get it to map properly. I've mapped 100s of network drives for work and don't know why I followed the G2 Wirelss share screen and typed in two backward slashes before the share.
Bottom line try to map with the single slash before G2 and you should be good: \\192.168.XX.XX\G2.

jkeats20 said:
I followed jmichalakjr 2nd method and I just got the drive to map on my windows 7 machine after a bunch of fails. I was typing in the \\192.168.XX.XX\\G2 to map my network drive. However, as pointed out in the NOTE above, there needs to be a single \ before G2 to get it to map properly. I've mapped 100s of network drives for work and don't know why I followed the G2 Wirelss share screen and typed in two backward slashes before the share.
Bottom line try to map with the single slash before G2 and you should be good: \\192.168.XX.XX\G2.
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That didn't work for me unfortunately.

android404 said:
That didn't work for me unfortunately.
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you don't need to add G2 all I did was ip address and make sure you have two \\ in front
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Damasterjj said:
you don't need to add G2 all I did was ip address and make sure you have two \\ in front
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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That was the first thing I tried without succeeding.