Connect your Android Device to your Windows PC over wireless network.

One of the cool features of the ES File Explorer app is the ability to connect to shares and computers on your local network {LAN} over your wireless network.

It took me awhile to find this feature, since it is somewhat hidden in all the features and options.

In the upper left side of the App window, is an area of the screen that contains the word "local" with a small down arrow. I didn't realize that this arrow was something I could touch and get other options.

The options are:

• Local - Show the local storage on your Android device
• Lan - Show shares and Computers on your local LAN
• FTP - Show FTP servers ... { I haven't used this option} I may comment later on this...
• Bluetooth - Show Bluetooth storage devices. Again I haven't used this option.

So if you switch to the LAN option, you will most likely see a blank screen, e.g. there are no computers or shares found. So how do you populate/see the computers on your home network?

1. you can scan the network. Touch the menu button on your device, then select "New" then "Scan". The device will scan the network and show icons for discovered computers. The icon will show the IP address of the computer.
OR
2. you can add a server manually. You will need the following information:

• A Share name OR the IP address of the computer you want to connect to.  See below on how to get the IP address...
• The user ID you will use to connect {a windows user name}
• The user password for the user.
• A name you want to use for the Share or server.

I would recommend setting up a Sharing on your server instead of using IP addresses.The servers on my local network using DHCP and so their IP address may change each time the server is rebooted.

Once your server or share is set up you can touch the icon to connect and wirelessly access files and copy them to your device. Works great!