File Sharing over a Network

[kareem9nba]

Does anybody how i could access my Pocket PC from my PC over the network. I could do it vice versa through Resco but i can't do Pocket PC from PC nor Pocket PC to Pocket PC. Any ideas? I would like it to happen just how the PC does it, with no major add-ons. I don't want to have to deal with VNC, FTP, etc. So if you know, i'd really like to know the answer. Thanks

[cleanser]

I was looking for the same thing and haven't been able to find anything.
(I know you said u didn't want to use FTP)
So far the only thing I have been able to find for this is an FTP solution.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351882

I can access the local network from the phone, but apparently there is no SMB server available for Wm6

[Jadel]

Why can't you just use the explorer function of ActiveSync?

[cleanser]

Why can't you just use the explorer function of ActiveSync?

There are multiple reasons for wanting to access your device from the network. I myself am using multiple machines and would like to drag and drop files from my phone without having to get a bluetooth dongle and install active sync on every one of those machines.

If anyone has setup a smb server for wm6 i'd love to know, also if anyone has any other recommendations for a good ftp server that mocha one doesn't run in the background properly and the bottom toolbar for it stays on my today screen.

[Phrak]

Not exactly what you're after, but I've seen a web server for WinMo around somewhere...

Or maybe something along the lines of a VNC client?

[kareem9nba]

Yea, there are reasons for the networking thing. I have several devices on the network and i would life to get a NAS device. I don't want to go to the trouble of setting up ftp/vnc. Mapping the device using Resco works GREAT. For some reason, my laptop can't find my Tilt when i search for devices on the network and i was thinking maybe it was because it didn't have the same workgroup name?

[Phrak]

useful for sure :)

Assuming you're on the LAN with WiFi, what happens when you port-scan your device's IP?

[kareem9nba]

Not sure what you mean by port-scan but when i go to file explorer on my laptop and type \\ip of tilt, it gives me some error. I'm really trying to look into this and most advice is using vnc and another program which i don't want.

[cleanser]

Not sure what you mean by port-scan but when i go to file explorer on my laptop and type \\ip of tilt, it gives me some error. I'm really trying to look into this and most advice is using vnc and another program which i don't want.

I don't think you're understanding when i said wm6 doesn't have a SMB server running.
Basically, it isn't running the microsoft networking services to access the file shares. You wont get it to work unless you get some sort of SMB daemon(server) for the phone, which to my knowledge doesn't exist.

look up SMB in wikipedia and u will understand what im talking about.

[Pilot1]

If using Resco to map shares, will you be able to play media (music, movies) over the wlan then, or will it not be fast enough?

I'm assuming that mediaplayer in wm6 won't have a problem playing from shares...or am I wrong?

/Pilot1

[kareem9nba]

I kind of got this resolved. Not the way i really wanted it, but now i use Pocket Controller Enterprise and it does this. Really nice features, i could connect to anybody in the world, just need their host name.

[joemanb]

Doesn't the desktop version of total commander do this? The only problem is the desktop version isn't free...