Hi guys,
I would like to access some shared files with my SGS2 in my home network through wifi. So i first looked up for some information. I installed the ES File Explorer and configured a folder on my harddisk to be shared.
Once i opened ES File Explorer, i thried to add a new server. So i filled in my ip-address and my username and password from the computer. But ESFE wasn't able to connect to it.
So i went looking on the internet for some information, and what i learned from it was that it worked through a smb connection, but i don't have any clue how to let it work.
Could anyone explain me how to set up such an smb connection and what are the different steps so that i can access the shared files on my computer with my SGS2.
Thx for the help.
Hi, depends on what operating system you use on the computer.
If your running windows make sure you have file and print sharing enabled in networking, and a shared folder. Appart from that smb is running.
Make sure when you connect your connecting to the shared folder as some file managers wont connect to just the pc.
If your runnin mac os or linux itl take some config so youl have to look that up.
Hope that helps!
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beany1 said:
Hi, depends on what operating system you use on the computer.
If your running windows make sure you have file and print sharing enabled in networking, and a shared folder. Appart from that smb is running.
Make sure when you connect your connecting to the shared folder as some file managers wont connect to just the pc.
If your runnin mac os or linux itl take some config so youl have to look that up.
Hope that helps!
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I'm running on Windows 7 Enterprise edition 64 bit. File and print sharing is enabled.
I turned Windows Firewall off and instead i'm using the AVG firewall. Do I have to configure something in the firewall options?
I installed Astro File Manager and the SMB file module.
I had no problem accessing the windows shares on my local network - just entered IP address, share name, user name and password and it connected straight away.
Ok i found the (provisional) solution for my problem.
It worked to connect when i turned of the AVG firewall, so probably i have to configure something into AVG.
Yeah firewalls tend to like blocking smb. Somewhere you should be able to allow either port 445 or smb or file sharing in AVG not used it so i dont know where but it will be there! Glad you found a solution.
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I have also been facing same problem.could not solve as above,my pc is running win 7 and i'm on checkrom3.1.1 with siyah kernal.How to share files on LAN apart from Kies Air( i have not installed it in my ROM.Pls help
Apologies, I would like to have posted in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653336) but I don't have enough posts. I have also searched to no avail.
Anyway, I've got Samba set up on my Galaxy S2. It's enabled and running. I can ping the ip address using cmd.
What I can't do is see my phone on my network/through Windows explorer and I'm wondering why not. Imust admit to being confused about the troubleshooting advice (https://sites.google.com/site/funkyfreshapps/) telling me to manually enter the devicename or ip address into Windows file explorer - I assume this means right clicking in the explorer and going through the 'Add a network location' wizard, but this also does not connect my PC to my phone.
Any help greatly appreciated.
On my PC I run Ubuntu Lucid 64 bit Desktop with Sambas installed OK so that I share folders & printers with Windows & Linux PCs. I've installed Samba Filesharing app on my ZTE Blade to file share as USB file sharing is awkward on ZTE Blade as it seems to disable wifi connection. I've done Enable on the Menu options. I'm now getting on Samba Filesharing 'Title' screen: Enabled - Running,\192.168.1.4 (i.e. correct fixed ip address assigned by router using phone's MAC address), \ANDROID, Wakelock Active. But when trying (in Nautilus on Ubuntu PC) to 'Connect to Server' (with parameters of SSH & 192.168.1.4), I get popup displaying 'Could not display "sftp://192.168.1.4/", because the host could not be found.'. Phone connects to router OK as I can check email etc without phone SIM card in phone. I can ping phone from PC. but not vice versa: tried using Terminal Emulator to ping PC from phone: tested first by phone ping itself but don't know how to stop Terminal Emulator as no Ctrl key on soft keyboard when unsuccessful. BTW Advanced Task Killer does not kill Samba Filesharing! Any ideas please?
I have several folders on my Mac Mini shared via SMB so that I can access them on my home network. Prior to upgrading to Mavericks (10.9), I could use ES File Explorer to access these files on my Android device. Mavericks changed this. As of yet, I am unable to connect to my shared folders. I can see the computer's IP address in ES and I am able to enter my credentials, but it does not accept them. Any known fixes to this?
I'm trying to access a share on a Mac from Android. The share is on a FAT32 external drive, and I can browse/access it from another Mac and from a PC. But when I try to connect from Android, I get an error on the username/password (same user/pass as I'm using from other Mac and from PC). This happens with both ES File Explorer and AndSMB. I've tried both checking and unchecking the "Windows File Sharing" checkbox on the Mac, using anonymous, and two different userids (one a login user, the other a "sharing-only" user). The Android tablet (Galaxy Note 12.2 running CyanogenMod 12.1/Android 5.1.1) can access Windows shares but I need to get to some stuff on the Mac. My phone (stock GS6) is the same--can access Windows and my router's USB share but not the Mac.
I'd like to use SMB instead of something like file transfer because I want to stream video from my Mac to my kids' android tablets on a long airplane flight.
Searching didn't turn up anything useful so I'd appreciate pointers to threads where this has been discussed.
TIA.
Bill