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Wifi tethering application

***Sticky this please
Check out this application I put together. It is a simple stand alone app for true tethering over wifi, you must have a rooted phone for this app to work....
http://www.androidactivity.com/tetherWifi.html
The main purpose of this thread is to discuss issues with the application. For instructions on how to use it read the webpage from the link above.

Good deal will try it out as soon as i get sp3, is it compatible with new update? thanks for this!

Any chance of making this open source?
If it just uses the same method as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=474470 then it would be pretty helpful for those of us trying to make a frontend to command line applications.

amgupt01 said:
Any chance of making this open source?
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Pretty Please... I do appreciate the effort and at that same time, I like to know what I am giving root access to. But, really - I'd like to be able to modify it to my own network environment. I like to customize the dnsmasq.conf a bit for my own peace of mind...
Thanks again, this is the beginning of a great piece of work...

This is really nice!!! The old way with terminal was getting old. Thanks!!!!
Could you have a status icon at the top toolbar to show that the tethering service is active?

Tested, worked flawlessly. Unscecured, of course, but freakin' sweet if you can't get another network. Tried this from my house, worked great on 3g. Work VPN functioned w/o issue.

Nice! Confirmed working with Vista laptop.

I'd like to also voice support for open sourcing this-- or for removing the root requirement if you could get that worked out. I am very appreciative that you've pulled this together but at the same time feel reluctant to install any software that will be running under root that isn't signed or at least has the source code available.
Keep up the great work!

please add an option to change ssid, and settings, and we definately gotta find a way to secure the wifi

I just made a couple bug fixes and put up a new version this morning.
This is still beta and I am looking into making a lot more things configurable.
Right now it is not secure. It only will DHCP out one IP, but it does NAT forward the whole range of 10.0.1.X
I understand everybody's concern about making it open source for root access, at this moment I am not going to make it open source. I would like to figure out a way to make it work without root in the future, but if I cannot I may make it open source.
This may help you out with your concerns, this is what the application does:
-it unpacks files to the /data/data/com.androidactivity.tetherWifi/ directory only on the first run of the application, installing an upgrade of my app will re-unpack the latest files in this directory. a chmod of 744 is done to all of these files.
-manual configuration of dnsmasq.conf, tiwlan.ini, etc.. can be done by modifying these files in this directory. You need to run my application once before modifying, so that these files get unpacked. If you ever upgrade my app, make sure you back up these files before upgrading, because on upgrade my app will overwrite these files.
-when you hit start, i disable wifi if it is on and then run the tether.sh start script.
-when you hit stop, i run the tether.sh stop script, I also enable the wifi back if i had disabled it before running start.
-to see what tether.sh start and stop does, take a look at the /data/data/com.androidactivity.tetherWifi/tether.sh file

stats555 said:
Good deal will try it out as soon as i get sp3, is it compatible with new update? thanks for this!
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I doubt it needs service pack 3. I just confirmed it working on my machine which has service pack 3.
My bluetooth tethering app, on the other hand, works better with service pack 3, and I do recommend upgrading if you are going to use that app.

moussam said:
***Sticky this please
Check out this application I put together. It is a simple stand alone app for true tethering over wifi, you must have a rooted phone for this app to work....
http://www.androidactivity.com/tetherWifi.html
Update:What this program does..
-it unpacks files to the /data/data/com.androidactivity.tetherWifi/ directory only on the first run of the application, installing an upgrade of my app will re-unpack the latest files in this directory. a chmod of 744 is done to all of these files.
-manual configuration of dnsmasq.conf, tiwlan.ini, etc.. can be done by modifying these files in this directory. You need to run my application once before modifying, so that these files get unpacked. If you ever upgrade my app, make sure you back up these files before upgrading, because on upgrade my app will overwrite these files.
-when you hit start, i disable wifi if it is on and then run the tether.sh start script.
-when you hit stop, i run the tether.sh stop script, I also enable the wifi back if i had disabled it before running start.
-to see what tether.sh start and stop does, take a look at the /data/data/com.androidactivity.tetherWifi/tether.sh file
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Thanks for this gonna test it out. I was thinking of making something like this you beat me to it.

http://code.google.com/p/gtether/
Similar project, open source.
Do not support closed source projects.
Especially those that require root on your phone!

miseiler said:
http://code.google.com/p/gtether/
Similar project, open source.
Do not support closed source projects.
Especially those that require root on your phone!
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The gtether application clashes with the ****ty superuser application on the JF releases... it's unusable for me. However, Moussam's works fine.
With GTether, everytime I try and connect my PC - it just goes into an endless loop of approving the super user access, even if you select "Always" it just doesn't work. Which is a shame, because GTether is clearly a better application.

I found the same issue with the endless loop with Super user.

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The gtether application clashes with the ****ty superuser application on the JF releases... it's unusable for me. However, Moussam's works fine.
With GTether, everytime I try and connect my PC - it just goes into an endless loop of approving the super user access, even if you select "Always" it just doesn't work. Which is a shame, because GTether is clearly a better application.
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Well, the GTether application isn't even Open Source. The SVN for it has no code and the downloadable "source code" is just a gzipped .apk file.
Also, the Super User app is far from ****ty. It is the only thing protecting your phone from people releasing apps on the market targeting rooted users. If someone released an app on the market that ran su without your approval, they could wreak havoc on your phone and potentially brick it.

miseiler said:
http://code.google.com/p/gtether/
Similar project, open source.
Do not support closed source projects.
Especially those that require root on your phone!
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Everybody, do your homework first before you start making stupid comments. First off gtether is not an open source app. My app is simpler and more stable. Gtether is also a good application, but I wanted to create something that had everything packed up into one install without having to run any shell commands.
I do not have the bells and whistles yet, but I am working on them, this is just a beta release.

amgupt01 said:
Well, the GTether application isn't even Open Source. The SVN for it has no code and the downloadable "source code" is just a gzipped .apk file.
Also, the Super User app is far from ****ty. It is the only thing protecting your phone from people releasing apps on the market targeting rooted users. If someone released an app on the market that ran su without your approval, they could wreak havoc on your phone and potentially brick it.
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Well, no. The source tgz has all the components of the tether-1.6 app in it, in additional to the apk file (for whatever reason). I suppose you could argue the iptables source isn't present in the file, but that is available elsewhere.
And apps that run su with your approval are just as likely to brick/rootkit.

Well by "source" I am referring to the actual source code used for the .apk file which is run on Android. That's the part which is installed as an application and is actually using the binaries from the tether-1.6 kit as root and running in the background to notify when new users connect.
Also, when I say that SuperUser protects your phone, I'm assuming that people will actually do research before allowing an app to user root privileges and will block an app which has no need to use root whatsoever.

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Well, no. The source tgz has all the components of the tether-1.6 app in it, in additional to the apk file (for whatever reason). I suppose you could argue the iptables source isn't present in the file, but that is available elsewhere.
And apps that run su with your approval are just as likely to brick/rootkit.
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if it makes everybody more comfortable i can post the script files that are run in my app. su is only needed to run these script files. these files are unpacked into /data/data/com.androidactivity.tetherWifi on the first run of this application and can even be altered to whatever config you want afterwards. su access is not needed until you hit start or stop. if you are concerned install my app and run it and dont grant su access and you will be able to see the unpacked script files in the dir i mentioned, and even alter them if you want.

[Q] Rsync

Hi
how would I go about getting rsync on to my SGS. want to team it up with tasker to backup my sdcard directory when i am at home automatically
Alex

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Wow! That's a nice idea!

http://code.google.com/p/rsyncdroid/
Is this any use?
This could be a great idea.

found this too http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/299984/linux-tools-coming-to-mcr/
And even better? Possible unison port http://sites.google.com/site/keigoattic/ocaml-on-android

Yeah! I posted this already here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8146099#post8146099 would be great to have this on phone.

What's next? Having linux on the device?!
It's a pity we cannot run a traditional linux on such powerful devices.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

kevo said:
http:code.google.com/p/rsyncdroid/
Is this any use?
This could be a great idea.
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Mykron said:
Yeah! I posted this already here: REMOVED URL would be great to have this on phone.
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kevo said:
REMOVED URL
Is this any use?
This could be a great idea.
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Mykron said:
Yeah! I posted this already here: REMOVED URL would be great to have this on phone.
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Thanks, I looked at this, unfortunately, it looks like a server only - no client bit - I could be wrong though. So yeah I could send a http request that started my rsync, but I would rather push then pull the info.
kevo said:
REMOVED URL
Is this any use?
This could be a great idea.
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Mykron said:
Yeah! I posted this already here: REMOVED URL would be great to have this on phone.
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kevo said:
found this too REMOVED URL
And even better? Possible unison port REMOVED URL
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I will have to have look, unison would be good, but I only what a one way sync, if I can get bash (or sh) and rsync I can then setup up some history information for the backups as well, then keep the last say 30 or 40.
Alex

Crazy, I started thinking about doing this today too (but for syncing my Music) and searching Google, and someone @ XDA posted a thread about it... today! I don't know if this is any help, but here is where I am at:
I've loaded this Locale plugin into Tasker no problem, and it apparently is running correctly
It looks like the only way to do this will be to set up private keys so the rsync commmand isn't looking for password etc. But every preliminary run i've tried so far has failed for one reason or another. I don't know if the best way is to initiate the rsync from the server via HTTP GET from Tasker or to try and run rsync directly from the phone with the plugin.. I'm just not that good with rsync yet.
I plan on spending more time with this tomorrow because i think this is something that a lot of people would be interested in, i'll post here and in the N1 thread anything I find..

crachel said:
Crazy, I started thinking about doing this today too (but for syncing my Music) and searching Google, and someone @ XDA posted a thread about it... today! I don't know if this is any help, but here is where I am at:
I've loaded URL Locale plugin into Tasker no problem, and it apparently is running correctly
It looks like the only way to do this will be to set up private keys so the rsync commmand isn't looking for password etc. But every preliminary run i've tried so far has failed for one reason or another. I don't know if the best way is to initiate the rsync from the server via HTTP GET from Tasker or to try and run rsync directly from the phone with the plugin.. I'm just not that good with rsync yet.
I plan on spending more time with this tomorrow because i think this is something that a lot of people would be interested in, i'll post here and in the N1 thread anything I find..
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Cool, where did you get rsync onto the phone. I was thinking it should actually be part of busybox, going to work out how to get that changed to handle it.
so your problem might be you are missing a ssh client - usually dropbear for these environments.

KeyzerSuze said:
Cool, where did you get rsync onto the phone. I was thinking it should actually be part of busybox, going to work out how to get that changed to handle it.
so your problem might be you are missing a ssh client - usually dropbear for these environments.
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My apologies, in my excitement in finding someone else trying this it didn't even don on me that we had different devices (N1)..
If you've got root, maybe you can install Titanium Backup as its got an option to install busybox?

Ok, I made progress.
I was using adbWireless (in my sig) to run shell commands on my phone since typing the rsync command with Android keyboard sucks. However, I think I ran into one of the limitations of the app, when my server would return asking for a yes/no question and then password, I couldn't type anything in.
So I downloaded QuickSSHd from Market to get proper putty access to the phone and was able to successfully rsync with my server (using password) with this command:
Code:
rsync -vaz -e 'ssh -p (port)' [email protected]:/remote/dir /this/dir/
where (port) is where my server listens for SSH
Now, I just need to setup keys and then configure Tasker and I should be good to go..

So are you initiating the rsync from your desktop, or have you got rsync running on the phone? I'm not quite sure which way round you've managed to do it?

teamviewer for android

Ok so I just got an email that team viewer released a beta version for android. Sorry can't post the link not enough posts. My problem is that it is a direct download through the browser. When I go to install my phone will not allow me to install because it wasn't downloaded through the app market. Is there anyway around this besides rooting my phone. I have a stock phone. The teamviewer page says this
"Installation notes
You can download and install the App using your Android web browser. Due to this direct download and installation you will have to enable the following option in Android once: Settings - Application settings - Unknown sources (enable)
I cannot find this setting. I am pretty sure that I will have to root my phone to do it I just wanted conformation. Thanks in advace for your help.
Jason

hi i dont know about the samsung devices, but on htc devices its no problem. i forgot to set the setting too. but when i try to install, there was a popup coming up with a options button, to actiavt it.
but in the normal settings menu its settings-applications- check unknown sources
i tried it out, its pretty smooth. i like it

you can download the apk from their website onto pc, then install via sideload
http://teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx#downloadAreaiPhone

so the use for this would be that i can control my desktop pc from my phone? can i transfer files and such?

YoungGun821 said:
so the use for this would be that i can control my desktop pc from my phone? can i transfer files and such?
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On the desktop versions you can. Not sure about this beta though. Been waiting FOREVER for this though. I use TeamViewer almost exclusively, but I've been using LogMeIn cause they have an Android client. But screw them now!
Oh and btw jd1peters, AT&T has disabled that option from our phones. If you want to enable sideloading, search the forums for enabling non-market apps.

No need to root. Just download the apk and install with android sideload wonder machine.
Sent from my Captivate

@ OP, you're awesome for bringing this up. Been waiting for this forever 8)
edit: anybody else getting the error" connection failed because your partner's Teamviewer is too old. Version 6 or higher is required to connect." There isn't even a version 6 on the desktop client.
second edit: looks like they have the v6 beta for computer clients on their website.

YoungGun821 said:
so the use for this would be that i can control my desktop pc from my phone? can i transfer files and such?
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Yeah, you can control your desktop from your phone. IMO Teamview is one of the fastest and easiest ways to connect two computers together, all you need is the client software installed. So much less of a headache than going through and setting up the numerous VNC programs available.
As a quick note, one really important setting on the Android side is whether to optimize for speed or quality. I think it defaults to automatic, but depending what you're trying to do, you may want to set it to be one way or the other to improve performance.

WiFi printing using PrinterShare

So, I figured that I would post a confirmation that states that while using my NC and PrinterShare from the market I can print documents over my WiFi connection at home!
I was not sure if this would work, and it took the NC a bit to see the WiFi printer, but it works. I am going to purchase the full version now that I know that it works.
This NC gets cooler and cooler, day after day!
I am wondering if something can develop a way to auto-print documents that have been waiting in a queue. For example if I am at work, select 4 documents that need printing, and then the NC would send them to the printer once I connect to my home WiFi?

There is a hack that can send documents from any device to any online printer.
It's not too complicated - as long as both are linked to the same Dropbox account. You would just need to install a script in your Dropbox, then any documents you want to print would be uploaded to that folder.
I don't have the link (sorry) but I'll look for it... I'll post it when I find it .-)

Ok - found it... I think it might be windows only.
(These are just links that I've found... All credit goes to the original author)
First, you need a dropbox account. You would need to have it linked to your Nook and your computer with a printer.
If you don't already have one, feel free to use my link: http://db.tt/1lAXHf7
(There's all sorts of other things you can do with Dropbox, but this is one of the better ones for the Nook... as far as I can tell)
Here's the link to show you how to install the script:
http://www.labnol.org/internet/print-from-mobile-phones/17827/
I attached the zip file with the script, hope it helps!

This works (dropbox option). Just printed a document. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, the application works for me, I opted for the wrz version.
The dropbox version works for mac and linux too, you just need the script. I can not find the link now but I Googled dropbox printing and found a page that links to the mac and linux scripts. I tried the linux one.

thanks for the dropbox method it worked.
u can find the mac script here http://www.labnol.org/tech/print-files-on-remote-mac/17838/. and the linux script here http://www.labnol.org/software/print-files-on-linux/17841/

Printershare works on my Droid2 but not my nc
nootered said:
So, I figured that I would post a confirmation that states that while using my NC and PrinterShare from the market I can print documents over my WiFi connection at home!
I was not sure if this would work, and it took the NC a bit to see the WiFi printer, but it works. I am going to purchase the full version now that I know that it works.
This NC gets cooler and cooler, day after day!
I am wondering if something can develop a way to auto-print documents that have been waiting in a queue. For example if I am at work, select 4 documents that need printing, and then the NC would send them to the printer once I connect to my home WiFi?
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I was wondering if you or anyone could help me troubleshoot my setup. I have a brother mfc-j270w that is listed as a supported device on the printershare home page. I also have a rooted nc with no overclock and only modified location service files. It will see the printer and even show that the printing has been spooled and completed. The printer shows receiving the job, feeds the paper, but prints nothing.
I would assume that the printer firmware isn't compatible with the printershare drivers, but I've ran the same test from my Droid 2 and it works like a charm.
Any ideas?

whoatemyshat said:
I was wondering if you or anyone could help me troubleshoot my setup. I have a brother mfc-j270w that is listed as a supported device on the printershare home page. I also have a rooted nc with no overclock and only modified location service files. It will see the printer and even show that the printing has been spooled and completed. The printer shows receiving the job, feeds the paper, but prints nothing.
I would assume that the printer firmware isn't compatible with the printershare drivers, but I've ran the same test from my Droid 2 and it works like a charm.
Any ideas?
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Maybe select a different option in Options-->Printout Mode?

breebauer said:
Ok - found it... I think it might be windows only.
(These are just links that I've found... All credit goes to the original author)
First, you need a dropbox account. You would need to have it linked to your Nook and your computer with a printer.
If you don't already have one, feel free to use my link: http://db.tt/1lAXHf7
(There's all sorts of other things you can do with Dropbox, but this is one of the better ones for the Nook... as far as I can tell)
Here's the link to show you how to install the script:
http://www.labnol.org/internet/print-from-mobile-phones/17827/
I attached the zip file with the script, hope it helps!
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Awesome! Thanks!

racks11479 said:
Maybe select a different option in Options-->Printout Mode?
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Ok, so I think I've figured it out. It had to have been an IP address conflict. I set the printer to a static IP address and it seems to be working fine now. Also, the setup I'm striving for involves networking through wireless tether on my Droid 2. I have to make sure that I connect the nc immediately after starting the wireless tether app so that su is still active. For some reason, the su permissions seem to time out after a bit, but it never causes any interruption in wifi service. I can also get it to refresh the su permission and allow the nc to connect just by turning the screen back on. Is this normal?

cmcdaniel said:
Ok, so I think I've figured it out. It had to have been an IP address conflict. I set the printer to a static IP address and it seems to be working fine now. Also, the setup I'm striving for involves networking through wireless tether on my Droid 2. I have to make sure that I connect the nc immediately after starting the wireless tether app so that su is still active. For some reason, the su permissions seem to time out after a bit, but it never causes any interruption in wifi service. I can also get it to refresh the su permission and allow the nc to connect just by turning the screen back on. Is this normal?
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The fact that the su privilege seems to come back when the screen is turned back on makes me think it may have something to do with the Superuser app being cached/inactive by Android (after some inactivity)?
You could check the Superuser Log and see if it shows another "allowed" entry after waking the screen?
Just throwing out ideas.

[Q] windows share via mapped drive

Hi,
Is there a way to create an SMB connection to a shared windows folder and create a permanent map to say a virtual folder on the sdcard that can be accessed from within other apps?
I'd like to be able to access a windows shared folder from within other apps, specifically office apps (quick office, office pro) rather than having to use ES File explorer or the like to access the files first.
I've used google docs via the office apps which is great, but need to find a way to access local network files on a per user (login) basis for apps.
Thanks

The only thing I have found that works OK is CIFsManager.
It is a pain to launch on VEGAn 5.1 beta (I can't launch it from the app drawer, I have to go into Market or Titanium Backup to start it), but it works to map drives over so my multi-terabyte store of video and music files on my home server are "local" files.
The app mounts the shares under /mnt/cifs/<share-name> by default, but you can mount them anywhere I think. If you are not using VEGAn 5.1 beta, make sure your ROM has cifs.ko capability (can probably check the release notes for whatever ROM you are using). If you are using the stock TnT, I am not sure if CIFsManager will work, but it might work with one of the enhancement packs for the stock image.
If you hve questions you can PM me or just post back. I'll check the thread again later today.

Weird....I use VEGAn 5.1 beta and have no problems launching CIFsManager from the app drawer or the shortcut on the homescreen.
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The only thing I have found that works OK is CIFsManager.
It is a pain to launch on VEGAn 5.1 beta (I can't launch it from the app drawer, I have to go into Market or Titanium Backup to start it), but it works to map drives over so my multi-terabyte store of video and music files on my home server are "local" files.
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Thanks Huntar,
Works a treat, although I do get the same issue you report, unable to launch from the app drawer, have to launch from the Market. Be interesting to get to the bottom of that (i'm running vegan 5.1 beta also)
Now I need the next step, which is to provide a simple interface to get users to 'login' to their shared folders then 'logout' once finished. It's a multi user per device scenario, thus need the ability to have dynamic mapping per user...
Any ideas or developers willing to write something? Can be paid development if anyone is interested....?
Nik

That is definitely a lot of heavy lifting if the device is used my multiple people with different access rights. My scenario is simple as everyone has full access to the media server.
I don't understand the launch issue, I have uninstalled and reinstalled, tried different things, but can't get it to launch from the app drawer or a shortcut.
Good luck, I'm sure that someone here (I'm NOT a programmer) can whip up something to script out the drive mappings. You might try a more general Android development thread elsewhere on XDA, you might have better chance of finding that programmer.

You might look at Mount Manager also... seems like it might work better, as it can mount shares based on location and task (with the paid license) triggers. I just found it in the Market while I was twiddling with the CIFsManager install. I might try it myself as CIFsManager is tedious even for me.

Permission Denied
I don't mind the launch from Market (as I have the same issue, tnt lite 3.1.4, with clemsyn #77 kernel). I put in the address and share name, which I can log into my router and pull all that info as the hard drive is connected to my router, and when I try to mount I get Permission Denied?? Thoughts?

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I don't mind the launch from Market (as I have the same issue, tnt lite 3.1.4, with clemsyn #77 kernel). I put in the address and share name, which I can log into my router and pull all that info as the hard drive is connected to my router, and when I try to mount I get Permission Denied?? Thoughts?
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Any help on getting this working? I too have the marketplace launch issue (not a big deal) but eveytime I try to mount I get a no such file or directory error. I am used to CIFS in Windows so what am I missing?
Thanks!

huntar said:
You might look at Mount Manager also... seems like it might work better, as it can mount shares based on location and task (with the paid license) triggers. I just found it in the Market while I was twiddling with the CIFsManager install. I might try it myself as CIFsManager is tedious even for me.
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Bought it and like it so far - works better then CIFsManager but then you get what you pay for - you hope.

I installed two free apps - "es file explorer" and "androexplorer", interesting enough I had to leave user name and password blank, but then I was able to get my network drives!!! Works great!

I am trying to get mountmanager to work, but it is FC every time and seems like it will not load the module. CIFSmanger works, but I can't get mount manager to do anything but crash
TNT 4.2.3- Clemsyn Kernel

Not sure what happened, but it's running now. Some crashes but it would not even run before.