Connecting to an Android device via WiFi

[andrew clarke]

On Fri 2014-05-02 15:04:02 UTC+0200, Johnny Rosenberg (gurus.knugum at gmail.com) wrote:

> I have Ubuntu 12.04 and I can connect to my Android device (Nexus 4) via
> USB. I installed MTP support and it works fine, as it seems.
> 
> Also, my Ubuntu computer and the Android device is connected to the
> Internet via WiFi. Is there an easy way to connect them to each other via
> WiFi for easy file sharing? A step by step instruction would be nice, as
> I'm not even sure where to start…

An app named AndSMB can connect to Samba shares on Linux, Windows and
OS X hosts.

But probably the simplest method though is to install the OpenSSH sshd
server (apt-get install openssh-server) on your Ubuntu PC then connect
to it from your Android device using the AndFTP app using the SFTP
protocol.

Both apps are free, available from the Google Play Store.

The media player app BSPlayer can play most video & audio file formats
from an SMB share over the network, so you don't have to copy media
files to the device first. Handy if you have a mediaserver at home.