Tips on Local Network File Sharing

Thursday, April 23, 2015

The holiday season is usually a time when a user's computer or gadget collects a lot of files, such as files along vacation photos, movies to watch in order not to get bored, or maybe a collection of manga that just finished downloading. One common thing that happens after the holidays go by, you might want to split the files that have been collected to family members at home or colleagues at work. It was certainly easy to do in the current era, including the use of external storage media or by sharing files on a local network.

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In this tips, we will show you some ways sharing files through your computer or a gadget that might be useful when you have needs as we describe above.

Files on a PC
If the file you want to share to the local network is in the PC you are using,

In general, the method can be used in the Windows family of operating systems are popular in use today, including Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8. You can easily set if the permissions to the files given to all users of other computers in the network , to a certain computer users, or to individuals who have Guest Access to your computer.

Files in Gadgets

You have a smartphone with a good quality camera and many use it to take pictures during the holidays and want to divide your shots to other computers in a local network. It can be done easily thanks to the variety of applications available in the marketplace. However, one thing to remember, for Android devices, you generally will need a device that has been at the root with root access to run the file sharing application.

Using the Network Tool for File Sharing

Another way you can do to split files to a local network is to utilize the help of existing network devices, such as routers, NAS, or Wireless Reader.

Router

For those of you who have a router with a USB port that supports file sharing, you can follow the tips we've previously made here: [Tutorial] Sharing Files in Local Network Using the Storage Router Features. Most home and SOHO-class routers available today provide these features. In fact, some have been equipped with a USB 3.0 port to transfer data, theoretically, the better.

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Wireless Reader

Wireless Device Reader is basically a card reader that can be accessed via WiFi, so users can access the contents of the SD Card or any other type of memory card that is installed on the device from other devices that have a wireless network connection. Some Wireless Reader on the market even comes with an Ethernet port that allows it to be connected to a local network with additional functions as a wireless access point. Of course, users can still access the files in the memory card installed in the Wireless Reader through a computer that is connected to the local network and it makes Wireless Reader can be used as a means of sharing files on a local network.