Access Windows 7 PC from a mobile over LAN

macrae_dj · Post by *macrae_dj » 2010-11-08, 12:13 UTC

Hi, Does anyone have a step-by-step guide for using Total Commander running on a Windows Mobile smart phone to view the contents of a folder on a Windows 7 PC please?
I found this in the help. But I need something more extensive ...
http://www.ghisler.com/cecmd.htm#plugin_lan

Here are my attempts so far:
In windows 7, file explorer > right clicked on folder > Properties > Sharing > advanced sharing > tick 'share this folder', give it a share name and set the permissions to 'read'.
Temporarily switched off ZoneAlarm to simplify things.
On the mobile > launch Total Commander > Plugins > LAN > new Server.
What should I put in as the server name? Do I need to specify the folder name or something?
My mobile and PC can both access the Internet over a broadband router so they shold be able to speak to each other through this router.
Thanks.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-11-08, 15:12 UTC

You need to give the computer name. That's the one shown when you open the Windows 7 start menu, right click on "Computer", and choose "Properties".

Btw, how is the Windows Mobile device connected to your PC? This will work only in case of a real network conenction, e.g. via LAN or WLAN. It will not work when the device is connected via USB.

macrae_dj · Post by *macrae_dj » 2010-11-08, 15:55 UTC

Hi, my computer has a name - I just dont know what to do with it. In Total commander do I just type this in as the name of the server - I tried this but it didnt work.
I previously had this working with Windows XP, and Total Commander has an entry: //PC-name
I cant remember if I did something else to get things going. So I'm not sure if its this or if Windows 7 networking works differently.
My mobile and PC are part of a LAN.
Thanks

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-11-08, 16:18 UTC

It should ve \\PC-name, not //PC-name.

Are you able to access this Windows 7 machine from other PCs on the network?

macrae_dj · Post by *macrae_dj » 2010-11-08, 16:56 UTC

I dont have another PC so I dont know - I'll see about getting another PC to rty it out on.
However I dont know what I'm doing with Total Commander. I type in \\pc-name for the server. Then I click on the icon it creates and it asks me for a username, password and domain (sometimes). I leave them all blank and then I just get a blank screen. I have tried experimenting with various values, but it if I knew what the various boxes meant and what to expect it would help greatly with debugging the problem and speeding things up as I wouldnt have to experiment so much.
Thanks.

macrae_dj · Post by *macrae_dj » 2010-11-08, 18:46 UTC

I dug out an old win2000 laptop. I am able to view Windows7 PC shared folders on the win2000 laptop and vice versa. I can see the win2000 laptop from total commnder on the mobile. So the only thing I cant do is view windows7 shared folders on the mobile with TC.
I noticed that when I try to connect to the windows7 pc from the mobile, it doesnt pop up the username/password/domain window. Maybe I've got incorrect values stored for the username/password/domain. How can I reset this information so that this pop-up window appears? I've tried deleting the entries under LAN, re-booting and re-installing TC, but none of these works. Is there some settings that TC stores on the mobile that dont get erased on an unistall?
Thanks.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-11-11, 15:41 UTC

Can you try whether it works from Windows Mobile Explorer to Windows 7?

macrae_dj · Post by *macrae_dj » 2010-11-11, 18:45 UTC

I have never managed to get this to work with Windows Mobile Explorer. Windows Mobile Explorer tries to connect with GPRS when you type the path into 'Open path'.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-11-15, 14:08 UTC

That doesn't sound good. Does FTP work over this connection? You can try ftp://ghisler.ch (user: anonymous password: a@b) for testing.

dwellman · Post by *dwellman » 2010-11-18, 14:27 UTC

In many ways, issues connecting to Windows 7 shares from Windows Mobile devices are similar to connecting to SMB/CIFS shares on BSD or Linux.

In any case, the stickiest wicket is NTLM authentication. I think, by default, Windows 7 only allows NTLMv2 128 bit encrypted authentication.

Try this first:

On your Windows Phone set the LMCompatabilityLevelClient to 2

(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\SecurityProviders\NTLM\LmCompatibilityLevelClient)

If that doesn't work, set it to 1 and on your Windows 7 box, do the following:
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy. Choose Local Policies then Security Options.

Network security: LAN Manager authentication level Send LM & NTLM responses

Try again.

If it still doesn't work, try:

Disable Require 128-bit encryption for Minimum session security for NTLM SSP

TyBontage · Post by *TyBontage » 2012-02-19, 10:06 UTC

What you are doing with your PC is exactly what I AM doing with the NSLU2 from my PC ie. mapping a drive for my music share on the device. Al it is, is a file server for all the PCs on my network. I just want my iPaq to be just another PC on the network.

Although, there are obviously some restrictions, like what USER am I on the iPaq this is important for other computer access and how can I get the Workgroup set? I put it in the domain but isnt that usually 255.255.255.0?

GPEX · Post by *GPEX » 2017-01-29, 22:56 UTC

TyBontage wrote:What you are doing with your PC is exactly what I AM doing with the NSLU2 from my PC ie. mapping a drive for my music share on the device. Al it is, is a file server for all the PCs on my network. I just want my iPaq to be just another PC on the network.

Although, there are obviously some restrictions, like what USER am I on the iPaq this is important for other computer access and how can I get the Workgroup set? I put it in the domain but isnt that usually 255.255.255.0?

255.255.255.0 is your network mask, it might be different, depends of network settings