XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-13 06:32, nospam wrote:   
   > In article , William Unruh   
   >  wrote:   
      
      
   >>> he has not stated the problem he needs to solve and has demonstrated   
   >>> that he knows very little about networking.   
   >>   
   >> I am so sorry. I know it is a terrible thing to have your memory go.   
   >> He HAS said why.   
   >   
   > eventually he did, but not initially.   
      
   He did, on the first post:   
      
       On any mobile device (iOS, Android, whatever), you   
       can set up an FTP server (eg ES File Explorer on   
       Android) with a static IP address so that Windows   
       "My Network Places" has a permanent "shortcut" to   
       the entire mobile device file system (eg ftp://192.158.1.15:3721).   
      
       This is very useful, and I've been using it for a couple of weeks   
       ever since it was discussed here - because it effectively mounts   
       the mobile device as a network drive on Windows without adding any   
       new software on either Android or Windows.   
      
   Notice the mention to "since it was discussed here". It is a reference   
   to another thread.   
      
   >   
   >> He wasnts to be able toaddress his phone so he can ftp   
   >> to it, and transfer files to and from the phone using his Win computer.   
   >> As such not having to figure out what the IP address of the phone is   
   >> each time he does so is a convenience and he wants that convenience.   
   >   
   > if he was interested in convenience, he wouldn't be asking about static   
   > ips. he'd be asking about dns so he doesn't need to remember any ips.   
      
   You are assuming he has a router with that capability. I have seen none.   
      
      
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