Fix IP for AirDroid on PC?

[youradds]

I *love* AirDroid. As an app developer, its a lifesaver for installing test apps quickly. One annoyance though, is that it seems to change the IP each time you connect. For example just not it was http://192.168.1.72:8888/, whereas before it was .69 instead, and other times .68. This makes it impossible to create a "quick link" on my bookmark list.

Does anyone know of a way to fix the IP it connects on?

Thanks!

 

[jae_63]

You can investigate how to set a static IP address for your phone. There is an option for this in the Advanced portion of wifi settings which you can reach via Modify Network. See:

http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answer...c-ip-address-in-the-android-operating-system?

And

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.statIc&hl=en

But you may need to allocate that IP address in your router's configuration, so another device doesn't grab it when your phone is away from the network. By convention, many people use high-numbered octets like 254, e.g.
192.168.1.254
For this purpose. Then you need to keep a list of your router's static IP addresses. I maintain this as a Google Doc.

(If the router in question isn't at home or an unusually small/friendly office environment, then you are probably out of luck)

 

[jae_63]

Hmm ... the AirDroid developer could do this for Lite Mode users like you, by registering a zeroconf (Bonjour) service in their Android app, and locating that device using zeroconf in the javascript of their web page.

The Android portion is documented as "Network Service Discovery", which includes a registerService() method.

The javascript (web browser) functionality is available through the commonly used node.js library.

Maybe you can ask them to implement this. It is nontrivial, but would resolve some of the other user problems listed in their FAQ


[ this would eliminate the entire local IP address problem, and the need to deal with static IP addresses ]

 

[youradds]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn't get back sooner - for some reason I didn't get the notification of replies.

Mmm ok - so there isn't an out-of-the-box way to do it then. Its a bit rubbish - as you would think there would be a nice way to setup a "static" IP for accessing it via your browser (I would love to just set a bookmark for it, instead of having to type it in every time hehe)

Thanks for the replies anyway

Andy

 

[youradds]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn't get back sooner - for some reason I didn't get the notification of replies.

Mmm ok - so there isn't an out-of-the-box way to do it then. Its a bit rubbish - as you would think there would be a nice way to setup a "static" IP for accessing it via your browser (I would love to just set a bookmark for it, instead of having to type it in every time hehe)

Thanks for the replies anyway

Andy

 

[youradds]

You can investigate how to set a static IP address for your phone. There is an option for this in the Advanced portion of wifi settings which you can reach via Modify Network. See:

http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11130/~/how-do-i-set-a-static-ip-address-in-the-android-operating-system?

And

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.statIc&hl=en

But you may need to allocate that IP address in your router's configuration, so another device doesn't grab it when your phone is away from the network. By convention, many people use high-numbered octets like 254, e.g.
192.168.1.254
For this purpose. Then you need to keep a list of your router's static IP addresses. I maintain this as a Google Doc.

(If the router in question isn't at home or an unusually small/friendly office environment, then you are probably out of luck)

Ah, actually - thats IP app you sent worked a charm Its fixed it at .78 now, even after restarting the wifi, rebooting the phone etc etc. Thanks