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ES File Explorer (Anyone know how to use it?)

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I got an app that "apparently" I can go into my network and browse files on the other PCs on my network, so I could watch movies / listen to music through my network and also move files around if needed via my tablet (nexus 7) but I have no idea how to connect to the PC's to access their files.

 

I can go into the LAN tab and scan for the PC's in my network, but when I go to connect to them it asks for Username and Password, I tried using the login for my router, for my PC, making random things up and nothing works.

 

Any advice / other apps that I can do this with?

 

If this helps, I have a Netgear R6300 router.

 

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I'd like to know too. When I first got the app, it just worked straight up from what I can remember, but since flashing a different ROM, I can't manage to get it to work again.

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You need to have some sftp smb server running on the PCs iirc...

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You need to have some sftp smb server running on the PCs iirc...

 

 

It works on my moms PC without any issues, but on my PC it won't work. I dunno why :/

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I just made Shares on my pc and gave my user a password. Also if you want it to be permanent, give your PC an IP reservation on your router. That way you don't have to rescan every time you restart your pc.

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Aww got it, turns out my PC's name is not "Darren" like it says in my network, it's actually my microsoft email account

 

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My friend @lekro has set it up with his home NAS

Hi. Yes, I have. It works perfectly with ES File explorer, except it doesn't show up in the LAN list. I have to manually add it. Otherwise, I get flawless playback and browsing and all the files are stored in one place, so transferring files isn't even necessary.

 

As for Samba, I thought that was installed by default/not necessary on Windows.

 

Make sure that:

- You are accessing the correct IP for your computer

- You have a password set on your computer

- You are sharing the files on your computer

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