Working FTP server for A500?

[GTbrewer]

Actually, there are two questions here...one regarding FTP, the other about
mounting a Samba//SMB filesystem via the A500.

It turns out that I was wrong about having USB copying working. I got a
list of files under the device name, but could not do anything with it.

So now, I'm having to copy to my old tablet via USB, then move the
files from the sdcard (storage) to the REAL sdcard (strange...when it's
external storage for the computer, it shows /mnt/storage and won't let
you see /mnt/storage/sdcard; when it's mounted on the A500, it shows
/mnt/storage/sdcard, and won't let you see anything above that), and then
mount that on the A500 and move the files. (Yes, a multi-GB thumb
drive would help, if I had one.)

What I would rather do, which would solve all of this for me, is to just
get a WORKING FTP server (I've tried Swift, and a couple of others;
everything seems to work, but you can't connect to them), connect using
an FTP client on 'doze that supports multiple streams (e.g., Filezillla)
and resume, and just transfer everything that way.

So, does anyone know of an FTP server that works on the A500? Or
is there, perhaps, a setting on it that's not on my other Android devices
that needs to be changed to allow an FTP server to work?

Second question, same purpose: is there a way on the A500 to mount
a network drive (Samba, SMB, and/or NFS)? I seem to recall that
there is, but can't find it.

Thanks,
--jim

 

[1SG31B]

AndSMB will allow you to mount a network drive and copy folders. Let me find the market link.

 

[GTbrewer]

AndSMB will allow you to mount a network drive and copy folders. Let me find the market link.

I tried mounting both exported (shared) drives on my XP laptop and a
Samba-shared filesystem on my FreeBSD system. Nothing. No files
listed. They appear to connect, but that's it. But then, I've always hated
messing with network drives where this stupid laptop is concerned....
NFS is SO much simpler in a trusted (or at least, as trusted as any LAN
connected to the Internet can be) environment.

So I guess it's back to the FTP server question....

Thanks,
--jim

 

[GTbrewer]

I tried using Filezilla Server, and got some diagnostics that might be
useful....

When connecting from my laptop to the A500, it times out.
When connecting from my A500 to my laptop (using Filezilla Server),
it sees the incoming connect and the valid login, and tries to send a
welcome message, which fails, and results in the connection being
dropped.

Is there a configuration option in the A500 that prevents it from
[EDIT (re-worded to hopefully make sense this time)] establishing an
FTP connection?

Thanks,
--jim