XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cariadmenywod@gmail.com   
      
   In , Jeff Liebermann   
   suggested:   
      
   > To get off this Tower of Babel, I have to go back to the basics. "What   
   > problem are you trying to solve here"?   
      
   The main goal is to "mount" any Android or iOS device, whether or not I   
   have an "account" on that device and without adding any additional   
   software.   
      
   This is easy to do, if we just think about the problem set, and use native   
   solutions.   
      
   So I used native solutions.   
      
   That's really all there is to the problem set.   
   It works just fine.   
      
   I was just asking WHY it worked so well.   
   Turns out, I was just lucky.   
      
   > The problem is not how to make   
   > a static IP address work on your network, or understanding how DHCP   
   > operates.  It's setting up your overly smart phone on your network so   
   > that other devices can find it by IP address.   
      
   As stated, the problem is just to make it so that Windows or Linux can   
   "mount" the entire mobile device, whether it's Android or iOS, and without   
   adding anything on the computer (because that's what gives the solution its   
   universality).   
      
   > Normally, such things   
   > are done using a local DNS (or RADIUS) server, but those would add far   
   > too much complexity.   
      
   Too complex. I agree.   
   This solution of FTP server on the device & ftp mount point on the computer   
   is simpler.   
      
   And it works.   
      
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