Copying to Android tablet from Ubuntu over WiFi

pickarooney

I'm looking for a fast, easy solution to this everyday issue and have found nothing that doesn't take a few dozen steps and crawl along at 25kB/sec.

Has anyone who uses a tablet found any sure-fire way of pulling files from a linux box across over wifi?

MacGyver

this may work but files are sent from machine to tablet https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dooblou.WiFiFileExplorer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kb29ibG91LldpRmlGaWxlRXhwbG9yZXIiXQ..

Khannie

Install Swiftp server on the android. Transfer files from the linux box to the tablet using filezilla or whatever. I get full speed using this.

pickarooney

Ideally I'd like to be able to pull the files to the tablet using some app on there

jumbone

You could use some sort of remote access app on the tablet and then ftp from the ubuntu machine to the tablet.

OR

Surely there is some app that can gve you an ftp file manager and downloader for android. Then install an ftp erver on the computer..

Knasher

If you want to transfer using your android device then AndFTP seems to be the best rated app in the market for scp. You just need to setup ssh on your linux machine and then connect in.

pickarooney

Knasher wrote: »

If you want to transfer using your android device then AndFTP seems to be the best rated app in the market for scp. You just need to setup ssh on your linux machine and then connect in.

It's dreadfully slow though - tops out at 25k/sec on me. No idea why really.

bandit197

I use Astro file manager on the xoom with the Astro samba plugin, both available on the market. Works well.

pickarooney

bandit197 wrote: »

I use Astro file manager on the xoom with the Astro samba plugin, both available on the market. Works well.

Might give that a go. I have astro but I don't think I have the plugin

Khannie

pickarooney wrote: »

It's dreadfully slow though - tops out at 25k/sec on me. No idea why really.

I had similar with SSH based apps. All I could think was the cost of encryption. I have used a http server on the linux side before and that worked ok. Not ideal though.

Knasher

Khannie wrote: »

I had similar with SSH based apps. All I could think was the cost of encryption. I have used a http server on the linux side before and that worked ok. Not ideal though.

I was thinking along the same lines. If you aren't too worried about the security it might be possible to disable the encryption if you have the ability to pass options onto ssh from the app. It would depend on the app in question though.

Khannie

Ah yes, I forgot that. You can use -o Cipher=none on the client to disable encryption I think . That might speed things up.

BopNiblets

Dropbox?
Probably too slow, I've never clocked it.

eth0

if scp is giving trouble install a proper ftp server on the ubuntu box. like proftpd

pickarooney

Khannie wrote: »

Ah yes, I forgot that. You can use -o Cipher=none on the client to disable encryption I think . That might speed things up.

Any idea if/how I could do this with AndFTP?