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Is there an app that will allow for two n900's to send and receive files over wi-fi?

so instead of using bluetooth using wi-fi, wi-fi has better range and is probably faster...

I dont know if there is an easier or more end-user friendly app or solution for that, but you can use WinSCP, follow these steps: http://forums.internettablettalk.com...ad.php?t=41422
You'll find your files under /home/user/MyDocs
In that folder: /.videos or /.sounds or /.images. etc.
Hope that it helps

EDIT: Btw, just make sure you don't edit or remove any of the files you dont know of, and you'll be fine

I think there is a plugin for link local xmpp, but have not tested it to see how it works and or if it supports file transfer.

other than that i guess if they are both under your control you could scp files from one to the other, couldnt you?

i think he was saying n900<--->n900

not Windows---->n900

i do it all using scp (in the openSSH package), but i agree it would be cool to have a somewhat more user friendly solution à la petrovich for actually sending the files. i'm fine with the command line, but i noticed the looks in peoples' faces when i copy files to their devices using those cryptic commands in the white window they'd never really used before.

ups, sorry. Went too fast on replying :P

so there is a way but its not easy and there isnt app in general that can do it

If there was an application for this I assume the best route would be to create an Ad-Hoc peer to peer connection between the handsets and use normal transfer protocols? Does anyone know if the N900 supports Ad-Hoc mode under WiFi or only Infrastructure?

I think if you look in the settings somewhere you'll see ad-hoc listed.

ad-hoc may be a nice add-on for such an application, but chances are that if you're sitting on a table with another n900 user and both of you are on wifi, you're on the same network anyway.

the main issue i see with scp as it is is the user interface. there should be a way to:

• temporarily start an SSH server on the receiving end and advertise it via avahi
• select a file on the sending device, choose "share" and select "wifi" => name of other N900 as visible via avahi
• have the receiving device ask if the owner wants to accept the transfer and where to save the file
• shut down the SSH server again

starting ssh server and shutting it down could be optional... some users might want to keep the server running, anyway. it should still force some user interaction whenever an incoming scp is detected (which ssh doesn't normally do).

a way to achieve this level of control on the receiving side would be to hard-code the path in the scp-send sharing plug-in (like: always copy to /home/user/MyDocs/.receivedviascp), monitor this directory on the receiving device (by the same application that starts/kills the ssh server) and move any incoming file to a directory chosen by the user as soon as the transfer was completed.