View network harddrive using ES File Explorer.

[captainkent]

Hey all,

I searched around a bit, couldn't seem to find anything very similar,
I do apologise if there is, I'm new here to all the terms and stuff.

I just managed to be able to view my harddrive from my computer,
and I would now like to do this from my phone, people on other forums
mentioned ES File Explorer, but for some reason I can not see my
HDD on the Local network, and I can't connect to it either.

Any help appreciated!

 

[pool_shark]

Open ES file explorer, menu - network - LAN, and either search for a new server or just add IP yourself.

 

[boathead]

could you elaborate please?

es file detects my two laptops. but if i click on either of them, es asks for a username and password, and i have no idea what i'm supposed to do with that.

of the router? that doesn't work. i have no passwords on my laptops. of the windows 7 homegroup? every few months or so i come back to this, and still cannot use the LAN feature.

 

[pool_shark]

could you elaborate please?

es file detects my two laptops. but if i click on either of them, es asks for a username and password, and i have no idea what i'm supposed to do with that.

of the router? that doesn't work. i have no passwords on my laptops. of the windows 7 homegroup? every few months or so i come back to this, and still cannot use the LAN feature.

ES file explorer is a client, it needs an ID and password. You don't have an admin ID on your laptops? You also need to setup shares on the laptop.

Google sharing folders on Windows 7.

I have an external drive connected to my router, I use it as a NAS. I had to go into the router admin page to set what can be shared and with whom.

I of course can access everything as admin, but I also setup a guest account to share certain folders on the NAS.

 

[captainkent]

Open ES file explorer, menu - network - LAN, and either search for a new server or just add IP yourself.

This doesn't work for me, I've tried the IP given to me by my router for
the File Server, also tried the router's own IP. Nothing seems to work.

 

[Harry2]

Letting ES search for a new server should show you the IP of the network drive.

Harry

 

[Harry2]

... es file detects my two laptops. but if i click on either of them, es asks for a username and password, and i have no idea what i'm supposed to do with that...

As far as I know with Windows 7 the laptops should get user names and passwords for to use them with ES.

Harry

 

[dibblebill]

What brand? I manually add my NAS IP, then put in my username and password. You can log into it anonymously, if your shares are set up for it.