How to create an FTP connection to quickly exchange files between Android and PC. Is it possible to connect a laptop to a phone via Wi-Fi, but without a router

Today we will focus on a seemingly very commonplace topic, namely the local network.

The local network, LAN(slang. lokalka; English Local Area Network (LAN) is a computer network that covers a relatively small area or group of buildings (home, office, company, institute).

Ask: "What is the connection between LAN and smartphones?" Everything is very simple. When I bought my first Android smartphone (HTC Wildfire), I was very interested in how this "smart guy" is able to closely "communicate" with computers without a sync cable, using only a Wi-Fi module.

After examining it up and down, I noticed that the firmware is not suitable for a networked environment. Only in later Android versions DLNA appeared.

D igital L iving N etwork A lliance is a standard that allows compatible devices to send and receive over home network various media content (images, music, video), as well as display it in real time.

But I wanted to transfer not only music, but also documents and other files. And a huge thank you to the third party developers who came up with a cool Android program that helped me turn what I wanted into reality, “This program combines file manager with its own archiver, multimedia support, and more, and more. But its trick is different. With the help of "ES-Explorer" it is very easy and convenient to exchange files over the network and with cloud services (Google Drive, Sky Drive, Drop Box, etc.).

So, we need a computer (OS - Windows, Linux, possibly OS X), a smartphone (Android OS) and a shared Wi-Fi point (router).

Downloading from Google play the application “(it's free) and install it on your smartphone.

At the top, you see three tabs. By default, there are four of them, but I removed one (FTP), since I do not use this protocol. Let's talk about the LAN and Network tabs. Let's start with LAN.

When you click on the bookmark, we see the following picture:

Here I added the computers that I use. To do this, you need to click on the second button on the right (with a plus sign), and then a window will appear in which you will be prompted to create a server or scan network environment... I would like to point out right away that the scanning process can be protracted and not always effective. So we select the "Server" item.

Here you are asked to indicate Domain name(if you have a DNS server), the IP address of the server (for example 192.168.0.100), login and password (if your computer requires it), check the "Anonymous" checkbox (more on that later) and, in fact, enter the connection name ( the name that you will display on your smartphone; it can be hit by anyone, for example, “Home computer”).

If you check the "Anonymous" box, it looks like this:

All you have to do is enter the IP address of the computer and the name of the connection, which is enough to exchange documents between the smartphone and the PC. Now you need to share folders or drives on your computer.

Smartphone and PC must be in the same Wi-Fi networks

Now we take a smartphone and go to our computer, select a folder or file, hold down the icon.

Now we select an action (for example, copy or cut) and go to the PDA tab.

Select the folder where you want to insert the file - and voila, it's on your phone.

The same can be done with cloud servers. Select the “Network” tab.

We add the server in the same way as we added the computer, only here you have to enter the credentials of your account in the cloud service.

After adding cloud servers, you can do the same file sharing steps as with a PC. You can also exchange directly between the cloud and your PC using your smartphone (without downloading information to it).

If you, unlike me, use an FTP server somewhere, then you should know that adding and configuring is the same. The only thing is to check the correctness of the port, username and password (if required). It is much more interesting to get through a browser to a smartphone using FTP. To do this, go to the "ES-Explorer" settings.

We select the settings for remote access (Root rights are not needed).

And we set everything up: choose a port (you can choose any, but let it stand as it is) and root folder(the folder into which the first entry will be made). Next, we set up accounts (this is if you want to restrict access to your smartphone), then we set up the encoding (if the browser shows hieroglyphs), and quick start FTP server (creates a shortcut on the smartphone desktop). To get to a smartphone from a computer, you need to type ftp://192.168.0.102:3721 in your browser (just write down the IP address of your phone, it is indicated in the “Remote access” item).

P.S. And advice to students. If you have a Wi-Fi network deployed at your university, buy yourself a Wi-Fi adapter. This will greatly simplify the task of copying information.

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Smartphones play an important role in modern world... In addition to the fact that these devices allow communication at a distance and exchange instant messaging, smart phones also perform a number of other functions. Firstly, a smartphone significantly expands the communication capabilities of the device, allowing you to communicate in instant messengers and make video calls. And secondly, the smartphone provides its owner with wide multimedia capabilities, which include: playing music, videos, launching video games, using the device as GPS navigator and much more.

In addition, the phone itself is capable of capturing high quality video and taking high resolution photos. In other words, there is a need.

Synchronization methods

Due to the large amount of data, the file exchange process can be quite lengthy. Even USB cable cannot fully provide fast data exchange, not to mention the inconvenience of using this method. Regular connection and disconnection of the cable can lead to accelerated wear of the device connector.

Other methods of data transfer, such as bluetooth, are not fast enough, which can cause synchronization to take several hours.

The fastest and most convenient way to transfer data can be considered. Unfortunately, staff funds Android does not allow data exchange between a mobile device and a computer.

To establish synchronization, the user will have to install a third-party software, FTP server or file manager. One of the most convenient applications can be considered ES Explorer. This program provides several ways to connect a smartphone to a computer at once, via FTP protocol and directly to shared files on the local network. For both the first and the second method, a Wi-Fi router is required.

To connect to a home LAN network, certain computer settings are required.

To begin with, you should call the control panel and go to the network management section, after which, change the additional parameters.

In the window that appears, you must select " current profile"And include in all paragraphs network access, after which, choose “ All networks"And at the very bottom put a tick on the item" Disable general …».

Now, you need to select any folder on the local disk of the computer, right-click on it and go to the " Access».

Next, you need to click on the " General access»And in the window that appears, specify the users who have access to the selected directory. To have access to network folder on mobile device, as a user, you should select " Everything", And also, specify the rights to read and write.

In the shared directory, you can copy or move any files that will now be available for download from your smartphone.

To access the network directories, in ES Explorer, you do not need to configure anything, just enter the application, swipe right to expand the toolbar and go to the section " Network».

In this section, you should select the subsection " LAN”, And start scanning the available directories.

The names of computers connected to the home network will appear in the window, by clicking on one of them, you can see the same shared folder.

The shared directory can be used both for downloading files from it, and for downloading materials from the smartphone itself. Unlike other methods of data transfer, using a LAN connection, you can move dozens of directories with files and subfolders inside at once.

To make sure the connection speed, you can put video files in a shared folder, and then open them on your smartphone. The data transfer speed is so high that the files will not open as streaming video, but as a full-fledged video file that can be “scrolled” to the middle or end of the timeline.

In ES Explorer, you can configure access to a full-fledged FTP server, moreover, if you wish, you can make an FTP server from the smartphone itself.

In fact, this method is suitable for those who, for some reason, could not access shared folders on the local network. To start the FTP server, you need to go to the same section " Network", But this time select the subsection" Remote access».

A new window displays the status of the available network and the key " Turn on". After switching on, the screen displays the address where you can access the device files.

It is interesting that in the settings, you can select the root directory, so it can be either the phone's memory or microSD.

You can use both a browser and a computer explorer to access the catalogs of your smartphone. Although the explorer is much more convenient, you can use it to drag and drop any files from other sections.

As in the case of LAN, this method allows you to transfer files both from a computer to a smartphone, and vice versa.

For quick access to the smartphone memory, you can go to the section " This computer"And with the help right button mouse add new item by specifying in the field “ address", The same ftp address from the smartphone screen. Thus, after running the FTP server on the phone, a person can access it as easily as a local disk.

There are many other tools for transferring data, take at least the file manager for Android total comander or cloud services, but unlike other applications, ES Explorer does not need to install additional modules, and for it to work, there is no need to perform tedious registrations.

If you have a house wireless router Android smartphone and PC under Windows control can make a good tandem. After all, copying large multimedia files from a computer to a mobile device via Wi-Fi is much more convenient than connecting a gadget to a USB port every time. In addition, the smartphone can be turned into a remote control remote control and a remote access terminal, and the PC will play the role of network storage and media server.

All this became possible thanks to the openness of the Android mobile platform and the widest possibilities of the Windows OS, as well as the abundance of applications - both paid and free - for both of them. As a result, operating systems from Google and Microsoft, despite the initial differences (Android is based on the Linux kernel), turned out to be quite compatible and over the past few years have become quite good friends. In any case, they now have much more in common with each other than with the Apple iOS mobile platform, with its closed architecture and bans on many seemingly mandatory functions.

On the Google online store Play Market a large number of applications for remote control and access to a PC from a smartphone or tablet, but it is by no means easy to find among them truly worthwhile solutions. Therefore, we will select for you the most convenient and at the same time absolutely free programs for interaction of Android devices with Windows computers, and we will also tell you in detail how to prepare them for work.

Windows shared folder

Perhaps the most frequently requested task is transferring files from a computer to an Android device via wireless network Wi-Fi.

Files stored on a PC can not only be downloaded, but also viewed and even edited using an Android smartphone or tablet, which is much more convenient due to the larger screen diagonal.

So, in order to view a movie with a volume of several gigabytes, it does not have to be pre-downloaded from a PC to a smartphone. Many video players for Android - for example, MX Player - will be able to play it in streaming mode, as long as there is enough wireless bandwidth.

In order to connect to a shared folder on a computer, the administrator account will not work - you need to create an additional account Windows entry... In addition, this must be done for security purposes. To do this, go to the Start | Control Panel | User Accounts | Managing Another Account | Account creation ". Then provide a name for the new Windows user profile, and also select the "Basic access" type.

A prerequisite for remote connection to a particular folder in the operating room Windows system is the protection of the account with a password. Therefore, click on the icon of the newly created user profile and select "Create password". Specify the password and a hint twice, and then click on the "Create password" button for the changes to take effect.

After setting up your Windows PC, install the ES Explorer file manager on your Android device. In addition to working with local files, he knows how to connect to FTP servers. In most cases, it is more convenient to use a special AndFTP to work with this protocol, which can be read about on the next page. But in this situation, we are interested in the ability to connect to shared Windows folders.

The first step is to prepare your PC by setting up the folders for sharing. In addition, a new one must be created in Windows. account user, as we described above. Files for sharing with a tablet or smartphone are conveniently placed in a separate directory, which must be made visible on the Web. How to do this is described below.

After adding the server address, which is your desktop computer, as well as the data of the Windows user account, the icon for quick connection to the PC. As soon as you click on it, the files of the remote computer will appear on the screen.

Wi-Fi data transfer: instruction

1 TO OPEN SHARED FOLDER ACCESS ON PC, right-click on it and select the "Properties" context menu item. In the window that appears, go to the "Access" tab and click on "Advanced settings". Check the box "Share this folder" and click on the "Permissions" button.

2 PRESS THE ADD BUTTON, in the line that appears, enter the name of the previously created Windows account and click "OK" to grant this user profile access to a folder or an entire local disk.

3 TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY not only download files from a PC to an Android device, but also download them in the opposite direction, select the name of the previously created account with the mouse, and then check the box in the first column opposite the "Full access" item.

4 IN THE "ES CONDUCTOR" SOFTWARE swipe your finger across the screen from right to left to go to the LAN tab. On the toolbar, click on New | Server". In the "Address" line, enter the IP address of the PC (for example, "192.168.0.100"), and in the "Login" and "Password" lines - the corresponding data of the previously created Windows account.

FTP File Transfer

The most classic way of providing access to data dates back to 1971, but it still hasn't lost its relevance. FTP based servers are easy to configure and compatible with any device.

This protocol has several disadvantages. Thus, the maximum size of the transferred file should not exceed 2 GB, and Cyrillic names may be displayed incorrectly. But it will be easy to get access to the FTP server even when you are outside your home computer network. However, to do this, you must first configure the port mapping and find out external IP address assigned by your ISP, or use the No-IP web service (no-ip.com).

We advise you to start establishing interaction between the Android device and the PC from the desktop device. Launch the installation-free Baby FTP Server (pablosoftwaresolutions.com), which, as the name suggests, can be configured even by a baby. The interface of the program is really simple, and the choice of settings is minimal - even a password cannot be set. Therefore, if you plan to access your server not only from your home network, but also from the outside, then for security purposes it is worth granting read-only rights. Select "Settings" from the Baby FTP Server main menu and specify the folder to be accessed via FTP. Then check the boxes opposite the items "Allow Download" (this will download files from PC to smartphone) and "Allow Upload" (this is necessary to download data in the opposite direction). Optionally grant permission to create folders remotely and rename and erase files.

To check if your newly configured FTP server is functioning properly, type in address bar any browser ftp://192.168.0.100 (the IP address of the computer may vary). If all the settings have been made correctly, on the web page you should see a list of files that are contained in the folder dedicated to the needs of the FTP server.

After the FTP server for Windows is installed and configured, you can start preparing your smartphone or tablet. Perhaps the best free FTP client for the Android mobile platform today is the AndFTP application. In addition to a well-thought-out interface, as well as high speed and, last but not least, the stability of the connection, Current Package boasts also integration with the system file transfer menu on the smartphone. Now the button for fast file transfer with mobile gadget on a PC via FTP will be next to the icons for Gmail, Bluetooth, "cloud" storage and social networks.

File transfer via FTP: instruction

1 ALWAYS ACTIVATE in the Baby FTP Server settings, the item “Automatically activate server on startup” so that the application is launched every time Windows boots.

2 CONTACT THE FTP SERVER it is possible not only from a specialized program, but also from a browser. However, in the latter case, the Cyrillic names of the inode files are displayed incorrectly.

3. CLICK ON THE "ADD" BUTTON to create a new connection in AndFTP. Specify the server IP address (for example "192.168.0.100"), port "21" and the username "Anonymous" in the corresponding lines. Leave the Password line blank. Check the box next to the item "Allow resuming support" to be able to continue downloading files after an emergency disconnection. Finally, click "Save" for the changes to take effect.

4 SELECT MULTIPLE FILES IN ANDFTP on a PC, holding your finger on them for about a second, and then click on the "Download" button to copy to the smartphone's memory. If it becomes necessary to transfer files in the opposite direction, click on " Local files”And repeat the above procedure.

Remote Desktop

Wireless transmission files between the PC and the Android device is, of course, good, but from time to time there is a need to get access to the Worker Windows desktop... This can be done using an Android application called PocketCloud Remote Desktop.

To allow remote connection to a PC, it must be configured in advance. To do this, click "Start | Control Panel | System | Configure Remote Access, and then select the Allow connections from computers with any version of Remote Desktop (more dangerous) check box. By the way, the additional Windows account discussed above will be used to connect (see the section " a shared folder Windows ").

In general, the PocketCloud Remote Desktop application is not satisfactory: screen keyboard and mouse emulation function correctly, and as a result, working with Windows programs is almost as convenient as on a PC.

When connecting to Windows Remote Desktop using the PocketCloud Remote Desktop app, don't overdo it with screen resolution and color gamut

TeamViewer - PC control over the Internet

The RDP protocol discussed above is undoubtedly convenient and does not require an additional server application to be installed on the PC. But, if the need arises to connect to
remote desktop via the Internet, you will have to make a number of network settings... Well-known to users will help to avoid unnecessary actions Windows application TeamViewer, a special version of which also exists for the Android mobile platform.

Connecting to a Remote Desktop in TeamViewer is based on a login and password, which are automatically generated by the program server, which is very convenient. Another advantage of TeamViewer is that it automatically adjusts the quality of the broadcast image depending on the connection speed.

After installing the TeamViewer application, the entire range of Windows applications becomes available to Android users

Remote control

Among other things, a smartphone running Android is well suited for the role of a remote control for Windows media players. In the Google Play Market catalog, you can find the corresponding programs for almost all popular audio and video players. So, switch to the next music track or turn up the volume a little in the standard Microsoft player - Windows Media Player- it is possible using the WMP Remote LITE app.

For remote control of the popular AIMP audio player, the Aimp Control program is suitable. Similar applications exist for the Media Player Classic and VideoLAN video players - respectively, Remote MPC and Remote for VLC.

μTorrent Remote

The μTorrent Remote remote access client allows you not only to find out the percentage of completed downloads, but also to pause or, conversely, start some of them. To use the μTorrent Remote application for Android devices, you must first specify the login and password in the μTorrent for Windows settings. To do this, in the main menu, select "Settings | Program settings | Remote Access ”and check the box next to“ Access Remote μTorrent ”.

As a result, you will be able to control the process of downloading files through the BitTorrent protocol using a smartphone or tablet, both within the local network and over the Internet.

If you frequently transfer files from your Android smartphone, or a tablet to a computer, and vice versa, then you do it most likely via a USB cable. Today I will talk about the way you can transfer files (photo, video, music) to the phone from a computer (and vice versa) via a Wi-Fi network, via a router.

We'll get full access to files on a smartphone or tablet and we will be able to copy, delete, create new files, as if connected to a computer via a cable. Only in our case, we will connect by air, without wires. And the connection will be configured via FTP.

All you need is an Android mobile device, a computer or laptop, and a router. The computer and phone must be connected to the same router. We connect Android via a Wi-Fi network, this is understandable, and a computer can be connected both via cable (LAN) and via Wi-Fi.

On the phone or tablet, we will launch the FTP server using the "ES Explorer" program (this is done in a few clicks), and on the computer we will connect to the FTP server, which we will launch on Android. And that's all, you can transfer files. Please note that you will not have access to the files that are on your computer. And there will be access only to files on a mobile device, as to a drive. If you want to access files on your computer, then you need to configure local area network... There is some information in the article.

Setting up FTP connection between Android device and Windows

Before proceeding to the configuration, you need to decide, you only want to sometimes establish such a connection, and after each disconnection and connection of the smartphone to the router, enter on the computer new address, or you will often use an FTP connection and want to create a connection on your computer to your devices. That would then just run the server on a mobile device, and immediately watch the files on the computer.

If you want to create an FTP connection to your Android device on your computer, and do not enter the address every time, then you must definitely reserve a static IP address for your phone (tablet) in the settings of your router. So that the router always gives out the same IP for your device.

On different routers, this is done differently. Later, I will definitely prepare a separate manual for different routers. Here's an example:

Then we launch "ES Explorer". Open the menu (swipe from left to right), and select "Remote Access". Under the "Status" label, there should be the name of your Wi-Fi network. Click on the button "Turn on".

The address will appear, which we will now enter on the computer.

This completes the FTP setup on Android. If you click on the button in the form of a "gear" then the settings will open. There are not many of them, but they are useful. For example, you can prohibit shutting down the server, after closing the program, you can configure the port, set the root folder, change the encoding. See more information on the settings under the spoiler.

There is an account setting. By default, an unprotected FTP server is created with anonymous access. Optionally, you can set a username and password, which will then need to be specified when connecting on a computer. But this is optional. And yet, there is a "Create shortcut" item. After clicking on it, a shortcut will appear on the desktop, with which you can start the FTP server with one click.

We pass to the settings on the computer.

We connect from a computer to a phone or tablet via Wi-Fi

I tested the connection from a laptop on Windows 7 and Windows 10. If you have Windows 8, it will still work. The laptop easily opened the FTP server that was running on the smartphone, and I got full access to the files and could manage them.

Everything is simple here. We open the explorer on the computer, or go to "My computer", "This computer" (in Windows 10), and in the address bar, enter the address that appeared in the "ES Explorer" program on the mobile device. I have this "ftp://192.168.1.221:3721/". You will most likely have a different address.

Look carefully, enter without mistakes. As he enters, press Enter... You will take away all the files of your mobile device. It's the same in Windows 10.

Now you can manage your files: copy them from your phone to your computer, and vice versa. Delete, move, create folders, etc.

But, if you close the explorer window, you will need to enter the address again, which is not very convenient. Therefore, you can create in Windows connection to the FTP server. After that, the folder of your device will appear, opening which, you will immediately get access to the files. Provided that the server on the phone is turned on.

You can establish an FTP connection using the standard Windows tool... If for some reason the standard tool does not suit you, then you can use third party programs, for example the "FileZilla" client.

Create a permanent folder with FTP connection to your smartphone

Note! This method will only work if you have reserved a static IP address for your mobile device in the router settings.

Go to Explorer ("My Computer"), and click on the "Map network drive" item.

On Windows 10, this step looks a little different:

Another window will open in which we press "Next". In the next window, double-click on the item "Select another network location."

An account setup window will appear. If you did not specify the username and password in the "ES Explorer" program, then leave a check mark next to "Anonymous login" and click "Next". And if you specified the data for connection, then specify them.

In the next window, you need to specify a name for network connection... I wrote something like "My Lenovo". You can enter any name and click "Next". In the last window, click on the "Finish" button.

A folder with files located on your Android device will open immediately. The shortcut to this folder will always be in the explorer. And the files in this folder will always be available when the FTP server is enabled on the mobile device. (remote access).

When you want to upload a song to your phone, or see a photo, you just need to enable "Remote Access" on your mobile device and go to the folder we created.

Is it possible to connect a laptop to a phone via Wi-Fi, but without a router?

Yes, you can. If you do not have a router, and you want to transfer files between your Android mobile device and your laptop wirelessly, then everything can be set up a little differently. Rather, the settings will be exactly the same, just the connection needs to be organized differently.

If it is not possible to connect through a router, then you need to organize direct connection laptop with a mobile device. To do this, just start the distribution of the Wi-Fi network on the phone. It seems to me that every smartphone can do this. This function is called differently. Something like "Access Point".

We launch the access point on the smartphone (you don't even need to include Mobile Internet so that the laptop does not gobble up all the traffic), and connect our laptop to this access point. Further, according to the standard scheme, which I described above. Everything works, I checked it.

Afterword

If you don't often connect to your mobile device to share files, then you can of course use a USB cable. But, if you often need to copy something, then the method described above definitely deserves attention. We click on the icon on the mobile device, and on the computer we immediately get access to the files. Conveniently.

How do you use such a connection? What are the pros and cons? Share your experience in the comments, and of course ask questions.

Having an FTP connection between an Android smartphone and a PC will allow you to quickly exchange files between devices. We suggest you find out how you can configure such a connection yourself. Note that the process may seem complicated and tedious at first, but not everything is so scary. The only thing that is required of you is to follow our instructions. Let's get started.

Static IP Reservation for Smartphone

This step is optional and can be skipped. It is intended to avoid configuring the connection every time you connect. This solution is useful if you will often connect to the same network. Let's move on to setting up.

The first step is to find out the physical address of the smartphone's wireless network module. To do this, go to the menu and go to the settings.

You need to open the item "About phone" and find a line that points to the Wi-Fi MAC address. We write down the address.

Now you need to launch the router management page. To do this, open the router management page in the browser by entering the administrator's login and password. On the settings page, you need to find the "Address Reservation" tab. On some models, the name of the tab may be different. Here you need to write down the MAC address copied from the smartphone settings. After that, you need to give the device a static IP address. This step requires special attention, as the entered address must not be within the range available to your router.

So you can easily configure a static IP address for your smartphone and proceed to the next step, namely setting up an active server intended for quick exchange data.

Creating an active server for data exchange

The first step at this stage is to select the appropriate application in the Play Market. The most popular application in this category is FTPDroid, so we will continue the instructions using this application as an example.

When FTPDroid starts, it scans and recognizes the wireless connection, adjusting to the parameters of this connection, but this does not mean that you do not need to configure anything, so first of all we go to the application settings.

For greater reliability and stability, you should enable autoload from Wi-Fi and disable the settings that allow anonymity and Chroot, not forgetting to activate the application logging function.

The next step should be to create a user account with administrator rights. It is this account that will get access to the files on the smartphone by connecting via FTP. To do this, open the "Users" item.

The first time you launch the application, there will be no users. When setting up a new user, you must enable the advanced settings feature to be able to define the default directory.

Here you should pay attention to whether the Root shell is present on the smartphone or not. If you received Root rights before setting up access and want to have access to all files, including system files, then you should select the root folder as the default directory. Otherwise, this folder will not be available for selection. If the path to the folder is determined by mistake, it can be configured manually. In the end, do not forget to activate the user.

Let's move on to setting up your computer.

Creating a new connection on a computer

We start the operating system and go to "Computer". By clicking the right mouse button, we call context menu, in which you need to go to the point of adding a new element of the network environment.

By going to the next window twice and reaching the address entry point FTP server connections. The server address can be found directly on the smartphone when launching the FTPDroid application.

Disable anonymous login and enter the data of the user whose account was created in FTPDroid earlier.

Finally, it remains to give a name to the connection.

The created connection will appear in the explorer. Each time a connection is opened operating system will prompt for the user's password. This eliminates the need for standard USB cables and other physical connections.