Tablet

[Dave Symes]

I have a Nexus 7 tablet, it connects to the net via a wireless Link
(TP-Link connected to my main Netgear Router) and while on the Win 7 Pro
Network map I can see the TP-Link, I cannot see or connect wirelessly to
the Nexus 7.

(Obviously I can connect the Nexus to the Win 7 PC by USB okay).

The Win 7 PC is connected to the Router by cable.

I would have thought I would be able to both see and access the Nexus
wirelessly, but it's not happening.

Anyone with some useful thoughts please?

Thanks
Dave

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[Richard Travers]

In article <52ffaa2...@triffid.co.uk>,

Out of my comfort zone here (what is a TP-Link?)

I have a Nexus 10 tablet which accesses the Internet through a wireless
router, and my PC (XP) is connected to the router by a cable, so sounds like
a similar set-up.

Looking at 'my network places' on the PC gives no hint of the existence of
the tablet. However, if I use 'ES File Explorer' on the tablet and change
the view from Local to LAN, I can see the PC on the Tablet and push/pull
files between them. Not a complete answer I know, but does allow transfer of
files wirelessly.

R.

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"Barry Allen (news)" <evan...@onetel.net.uk.invalid> wrote:

>In article <52fff28ea...@uwclub.net>, Richard Travers
><rich...@uwclub.net> wrote:
>> what is a TP-Link?
>
>TP-Link is the manufacturers name. In my experience they sell cheap
>reliable hardware. I have used a wireless router, wireless access point
>and a network switch from them. All have worked faultlessly.

I've read of people having difficulty with their router/firewalls, but only
when trying to do non-default things. It's not necessarily been clear to me
whether that's down to lousy documentation of firmware features, or lousy
firmware, or both.

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Richard Travers <rich...@uwclub.net> wrote:

>In article <52ffaa2...@triffid.co.uk>,
> Dave Symes <da...@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
>> I have a Nexus 7 tablet, it connects to the net via a wireless Link
>> (TP-Link connected to my main Netgear Router) and while on the Win 7 Pro
>> Network map I can see the TP-Link, I cannot see or connect wirelessly to
>> the Nexus 7.

What's the TP-Link device? An access-point? Does it have any kind of NAT
or firewall function? If it does, that firewall's purpose would in part be
to hide the details of devices on its LAN side from elsewhere. And the rest
of your LAN would, perhaps, be 'elsewhere'.

[Tim Hill]

In article <52ffaa2...@triffid.co.uk>, Dave Symes
<da...@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

Unfortunately, few interfaces allow you to simply browse to a folder on
another device without setting it all up first.

On Android I recommend you install Astro File Manager and its WiFi
library. Having then followed the instructions and fed it the names of
shared folders on your network, you will in future be able to browse
straight to those locations from your tablet.

In order for Windows, Mac, Linux etc to find files on your Android
device, you would have to install some sort of server on Android. Or, you
can install DropBox on all of them which also does clever stuff such as
automatically uploading camera photos when connected to WiFi. Assuming
the WiFi you intend to use is also connected to the Internet, Dropbox is
easy and integrates into various menus in a way normal folders don't.

Anybody mind if I wistfully dream about one day having DropBox on RISC OS?
http://db.tt/Tn5hPTAx
(not only is there no app, the website is closed to us too.)

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[Dave Symes]

In article <52fff28ea...@uwclub.net>,
Richard Travers <rich...@uwclub.net> wrote:

> In article <52ffaa2...@triffid.co.uk>,
> Dave Symes <da...@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have a Nexus 7 tablet, it connects to the net via a wireless Link
> > (TP-Link connected to my main Netgear Router) and while on the Win 7
> > Pro Network map I can see the TP-Link, I cannot see or connect
> > wirelessly to the Nexus 7.

> > (Obviously I can connect the Nexus to the Win 7 PC by USB okay).

> > The Win 7 PC is connected to the Router by cable.

> > I would have thought I would be able to both see and access the Nexus
> > wirelessly, but it's not happening.

> > Anyone with some useful thoughts please?

> Out of my comfort zone here (what is a TP-Link?)

TP-Link is the name of a particular Wireless Access point.

> I have a Nexus 10 tablet which accesses the Internet through a wireless
> router, and my PC (XP) is connected to the router by a cable, so sounds
> like a similar set-up.

> Looking at 'my network places' on the PC gives no hint of the existence
> of the tablet. However, if I use 'ES File Explorer' on the tablet and
> change the view from Local to LAN, I can see the PC on the Tablet and
> push/pull files between them. Not a complete answer I know, but does
> allow transfer of files wirelessly.

> R.

That was a good tip, thanks, as I was using another File explorer, the one
Tim suggest... not particularly good, I've now installed ES File Explorer
and can now access both my PCs from the Nexus 7 wirelessly.

Doesn't solve the problem from the PC side, though after reading Tim's
posting I don't think I'll bother.

Dave

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[Dave Symes]

In article <mpro.mf8pcd...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid>,
Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp....@wingsandbeaks.org.uk>
wrote:

> Richard Travers <rich...@uwclub.net> wrote:

> >In article <52ffaa2...@triffid.co.uk>,
> > Dave Symes <da...@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> >> I have a Nexus 7 tablet, it connects to the net via a wireless Link
> >> (TP-Link connected to my main Netgear Router) and while on the Win 7
> >> Pro Network map I can see the TP-Link, I cannot see or connect
> >> wirelessly to the Nexus 7.

> What's the TP-Link device? An access-point? Does it have any kind of
> NAT or firewall function? If it does, that firewall's purpose would in
> part be to hide the details of devices on its LAN side from elsewhere.
> And the rest of your LAN would, perhaps, be 'elsewhere'.

I've looked at the setting and can't see anything that would cause it to
block or make itself invisible.

Dave

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[Tony Moore]

On 18 Dec 2012, Tim Hill <t...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> Anybody mind if I wistfully dream about one day having DropBox on RISC
> OS? http://db.tt/Tn5hPTAx (not only is there no app, the website is
> closed to us too.)

But it's possible to install DropBox on a windows machine and access its
DropBox folder from a RiscPC, on the same network, using LanMan98.

Tony

[Richard Travers]

In article <53002b...@invalid.org.uk>,

Tim Hill <t...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> On Android I recommend you install Astro File Manager and its WiFi
> library. Having then followed the instructions and fed it the names of
> shared folders on your network, you will in future be able to browse
> straight to those locations from your tablet.

I use ES File Explorer which will find any shared folders available on the
network.

> In order for Windows, Mac, Linux etc to find files on your Android
> device, you would have to install some sort of server on Android. Or, you
> can install DropBox on all of them which also does clever stuff such as
> automatically uploading camera photos when connected to WiFi. Assuming
> the WiFi you intend to use is also connected to the Internet, Dropbox is
> easy and integrates into various menus in a way normal folders don't.

> Anybody mind if I wistfully dream about one day having DropBox on RISC OS?
> http://db.tt/Tn5hPTAx
> (not only is there no app, the website is closed to us too.)

Thank you for that. I will explore for my own tablet. The answer to Dave's
original question, I think.

[John]

In article <53002b...@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill
<t...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> Anybody mind if I wistfully dream about one day having
> DropBox on RISC OS? http://db.tt/Tn5hPTAx (not only is
> there no app, the website is closed to us too.)

I wrote an article for Archive on how to achieve this. I
wrote it for someone using VRPC (it's almost trivial).
However, several people pointed out how to achieve the same
result when networked to a PC or Mac. I can't remember the
details of that but I'm sure someone will be along quite
soon to enlighten you.

John

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Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp....@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:

>I've read of people having difficulty with their router/firewalls...

For example:

Newsgroups: uk.telecom.broadband
Subject: TP-LINK setup..TD-W8951NB
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:21:50 +0000

[Tim Hill]

In article <c3d2370053.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>,

I had not thought of that. But don't use lm98 or generally share folders
from the PC. My shared files are on the NAS. Dropbox on the PC won't work
with a network folder, I know that much. Which is a bit daft. One copy on
a local server is surely better than copies on every machine?

[Russell Hafter News]

In article <530095...@invalid.org.uk>,

Tim Hill <t...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> I had not thought of that. But don't use lm98 or generally
> share folders from the PC. My shared files are on the NAS.
> Dropbox on the PC won't work with a network folder, I know
> that much. Which is a bit daft. One copy on a local server
> is surely better than copies on every machine?

I thought that the whole point of dropbox is that you

a) save files to your local dropbox folder

b) local dropbox folder get automagically backed up to
'cloud'

c) when I turn on laptop / netbook / other machine with
dropbox folder files are automagically copied to that
machine.

A few months ago, someone (maybe Jeremy Nicoll) said that
they had taken to installing programs into the local dropbox
folder, resulting them being installed on other machines
too.

I have taken to doing this with Deutsche Bahn's timetabling
software, which requires frequent updating (new version
became available around 3 Dec and has already been updated
twice). Once it has been updated once, files get updated in
the background next time I turn another machine on.

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Russell Hafter News <see...@walkingingermany.invalid> wrote:

> A few months ago, someone (maybe Jeremy Nicoll) said that they had taken
> to installing programs into the local dropbox folder, resulting them being
> installed on other machines too.

Yes, it was me. It works well for simple apps and command-line tools, but
less well for apps that mainly don't use the registry, and not at all for
more complex ones. Still, every simplification in maintaining multiple
machines helps.