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android seeing computer over lan

  • 04-01-2018 06:24PM
    #1
    by8auj6csd3ioq
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    I have an android tablet and it has a folder or app called files. when i open that i can browse the tablet but i can also see the windows network and then browse the network and see content of any shared foders on the computers and save a copy to the tablet. This was not on my other tablet or my current phone as far as i can see.it does not have an app called files. would it be called something else? Should i have that facility, I do not know much about android


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  • #2
    duridian
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    Try the Zenui File Manager from Asus on the Playstore. It's free and i think it can do what you are seeking. I believe it is the file explorer that comes with Asus tablets. (You didn't mention the brand. Was your other tablet an Asus perhaps?)

    Personally i use a paid app called ES File Explorer Pro to browse Windows networks, so can say with certainty that it works. There is also a free version of ES File Explorer that can browse Windows networks, but beware, it had a lot of junkware and ads the last time i tried it. The Pro version for me is worth the 3 quid to avoid that.

    The protocol used for Windows networks file sharing systems is called Samba (shortened to "smb" when used in network address starting with smb:// , kinda like webpages start with http:// or https://) So that (Samba) is basically the technical name of what your file manager needs to support to achieve what you want.
    Hope this helped.


  • #3
    by8auj6csd3ioq
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    Thanks. the tablet that has this function is an alba http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5059207
    So that (Samba) is basically the technical name of what your file manager needs to support to achieve what you want.
    ok know what to look for thanks


  • #4
    by8auj6csd3ioq
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    I got https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.ghostsq.commander/ and it has a plug in for samba. Prefer open source to google. But i wonder as there is a lot of android malware would any infection spread to computer. My phone has not anything important but the computer has bank logins ets


  • #5
    by8auj6csd3ioq
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    is samba the protocol to print over wi fi fom the phone too?


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