I was wondering if there was any software for either, home automation or remote desktop connection. I've searched for home automation and can't seem to find a definitive answer. As far as remote pc goes... I want to be able to see and access all the files on my laptop, from my phone.
you could host a ftp server on your laptop
^ would that allow me to access all .doc and .jpeg files... oh and also music files as well... those are the only extentions i'm really interested in accessing.
sorry for the poor post quality, i'm posting from workon my raphael
absolutly, I am using guildFTPd(freeware) to host. However I can't use TotalCommander to see the dir/file structure, I have to use FTPview. There are other free ftp servers as well (FTPShell Server). Just make sure you use strong security, I do get occasional people/bots trying to getting in the server.
There are also applications like RemoteAdmin, PCAnywhere, VNC viewer to take control of your remote machine ... but if all you want is to access files the FTP approach is better performance wise.
is there some sort of LogMeIn hamachi client for WinMo? I know for PC's it puts two computers on the "same network". that might work, if there is...
You could also try running Orb (free) on your laptop if you want to be able to access files remotely. Allows for all media files specifically but also has a built in file browser.
Also allows for streaming video etc (can be great if you've got a TV capture card on your laptop at home and you want to watch TV from a remote location)
dont know anything about home automation, but
take a look here:
http://www.z2software.com/Remote2PC.htm
allows you to control your pc remotely from your phone.
Also, there exists a mobile version of remote desktop connection. Don't know how to get it, though, as it was already cooked into the rom i'm using (PROven ROM 2.4 21018 UNPROTECTED by qsqa) .
You can both remotely control a PC and access file shares with features built into Windows Mobile.
To control a PC
I have successfully used Remote Desktop Mobile on my Fuze (standard ROM) to control my home PC. My home PC is Windows XP Professional (XP Home does not include the RD server). It works great considering the screen size. This solution is much simpler than installing 3rd-party software on both the phone and the PC.
To access files on a PC
I have used File Explorer Menu | Go To | Open Path | New Path to access file shares. I haven't done this a lot but it seems to work fine. Configuring a share is much simpler than installing and configuing an FTP server. BTW, Windows XP Professional includes an FTP server.
To use either of these features you must have an appropriate network path from your phone to the PC. The easiest way is to use your home wireless network. Then you only need to worry about the software firewall on your PC.
If you use the provider's network, you must properly configure all firewalls to allow appropriate ports, and configure your router to port-forward appropriate ports to the PC. You must also either (1) have a static IP for your home network interface, (2) track your dynamic IP address as it changes, or (3) use a service that maps a host name to your dynamic IP and automatically tracks changes. It might be easier just to store files on a web site, then you don't need to even keep the PC turned on.
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I want to share a folder on my PPC, which i could access on my PC through WiFi, with the simple windows sharing protocol - SMB/CIFS.
i.e: i want to be able to browse my PPC with the address: \\HTCUniversal\Storage Card\Music ....
I'm wondering, how could it be that there is no app/service that will provide this???
It seems like a really basic and simple request, but yet i've found no solution to this.
I found "Mocha FTP Server", but it doesn't quite do the job, because i have to run it manually everytime i want to browse my ppc, so its not that comfortable.
If only i could run such an app as a small service - it would be perfect.
Any ideas?
There are many free SMB implementations on the net under GNU/GPL license, maybe someone could port it to a windows mobile platform?
smb is known simply as "Microsoft Windows Network".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block
smb and it's server samba is just what linux work call what windows world call
"microsoft network"
use total commander to connect to shared drives you may have to add
the pda as a valid user on the shares though
thanx for your reply, but you must have misunderstood my question.
in a nutshell - I want a samba/SMB/ms windows network server on my ppc (NOT a client).
i want to access folders on my ppc, through my pc, using Wifi.
not the other way around...
doh! my bad
sure it's possible but preciously few of such server services have been implemented on wm that i know off
not sure if it's because lack of demand
lack of mem and cpu juice(i mean an arm 400Mhz cant hold any kind of cantle to an old 400Mhz p4 or amd cpu)
or if it's the fact that batt power and stablity and lack of a device which make everybody else time out due to power saving settings
maybe the people who would be poking at that bear are busy making linux useable on these pdas
With the Windows version of Remote Desktop you can use the CLI switch '/console' to take control of the current console session of the server you are Remote Desktop'ing into as long as its 2003 Server or later. Is this possible with the Remote Desktop Mobile client?
With the Windows version you just start it with 'Start, Run, mstsc.exe /console' and this attempts to connect to the current console session.
Cheers
Andy
ADB100 said:
With the Windows version of Remote Desktop you can use the CLI switch '/console' to take control of the current console session of the server you are Remote Desktop'ing into as long as its 2003 Server or later. Is this possible with the Remote Desktop Mobile client?
With the Windows version you just start it with 'Start, Run, mstsc.exe /console' and this attempts to connect to the current console session.
Cheers
Andy
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to my knowledge, not possible - at least I haven't managed to do it . Also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288506
note that if you don't strictly need RDP, some other, proprietary clients do offer console-like features - also see the above article for more info
This is an old topic, but one of the first Google search results for 'Remote Desktop Mobile connect to console'. I've been fiddling with this for the past few days and wanted to share my experience. I say experience because I haven't reallydone anything to achieve a /console connection with RDP mobile.
I'm running WinMo 6.5 Pro and using the standard RDP client it ships with. I am connecting to my home PC, which is running Win7x64 Ultimate. If I choose to log in as a currently logged in user and provide the proper credentials, I am connected to the existing session without any hassle.
I don't know if this is a new feature of terminal services/remote desktop on Win7, or a designed advantage of the mobile RDP client.
If you need to connect to a server console session specifically, take a look at this link on how to configure your server in advance to facilitate this:
EDIT: I'd post a link, but apparently my account is too new to do so. Oh well.
Hey everyone,
So I was just thinking over what I would love to do with my Transformer/Dock combo and one thing came to mind.
I can connect to my office via VPN, access our company intranet and use various web based tools but there's one thing I'm missing: SQL access.
I use GUI tool that lets me have several DB connections open and run SQL in a window along with seeing the results of the query. I can drop or truncate tables, etc also.
So my question is: Does anything like that exist for Android and more specifically, Honeycomb so there's a bigger screen?
Thanks,
-Bob
How about phpMyAdmin or similar installed on one of the SQL servers. Or using remote desktop/VNC to remote control a PC with the MS SQL tools on it.
Hi guys,
I´ve got one question, is it possible to create file transfer on wifi? I want create wifi network something like family group in Windows 7. And if its possible do this betwen WP and android phone or WP and windows 7 PC.
Thanks a lot.
No, not possible; but you can try DFT Bluetooth file transfer if you have a fully unlocked or rooted phone and see if that works. Currently there is no way of doing what you are asking via email, MMS or Wifi.
It doesn´t working via e-mail too ?
Root Webserver (see my sig) allows easily taking files off (or putting them on) a Windows phone via WiFi. It's not the most elegant approach, but it's easy to use.
There has been talk of somebody implementing SMB (the network protocol that is used for Windows networking) using the sockets APIs in WP7, but I'm not even sure the official APIs are complete enough and even if they are, it'll be quite a bit of work to implement (the SAMBA project has been trying on Linux for years, and is only mostly there).
I'm quite certain it's possible to attach arbitrary files to email, but nobody has found the way *yet* so that's not currently possible. Also, the email client isn't going to let you save attachments to arbitrary locations, because it's designed to work with the very low permissions of the OS by default.
I'm using TeamViewer QuickSupport on my two Samsung devices, but it seems to need a device-specific add-in to work on other devices.
The device in question is a CubieTruck as in http://tinyurl.com/mjzejs4.
Actually the TeamViewer product almost works. Connects to the device, gives stats about the device, allows file transfers... but when it comes time to connect to the desktop it mis-interprets the device's "OK" to "Refused".
Does anybody know of another product that allows a Windows session to connect to an Android desktop?
Seems like there are plenty of products that go the other way... but Windows ==> Android?