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Okay. A friend of mine has been asking me some ?'s about my 770, some of them which I can't answer. My friend uses Windows, and has a WiFi network in his house. He wants to know, if he buys a 770, will it show up under the "My Network Connections", so that he can transfer files to and from his PC. I really can't answer this, 'cause I use Linux, and always transfer via the USB port.
Thanks.
 
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No, it will not, definitely.

It _is_ possible to install additional software (either ssh or smbclient) that will allow file transfer between the 770 and a Windows PC through the network, but if he's never used Linux before, that may prove a bit much for your friend.
 
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He can't use USB like you? Samba will do the trick, but seems like overkill.
 
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He could also setup an FTP server on his Windows box... Really, I've never had a reason to have my 770 visible on my network.
 
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Originally Posted by Hedgecore
He could also setup an FTP server on his Windows box... Really, I've never had a reason to have my 770 visible on my network.
I usually do it by NFS mount through an NFS server installed on Linux. No problems up till now (except for the portmap etc. that keeps needing a lot of time to mount :-( )
 
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- use the USB cable
- use a card reader on the windows machine, transfer the MMC card
- connect both machines, wireless, to the internet; use any sevice provided there. Some examples: you email account; box.net or any other.
- bluetooth should allow a direct connection, haven't tried it, though.
 
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Use cygwin on windows,, and install the NFS Server package

Its all free
 
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Okay. He's not computer illiterate, so he should be able to use cygwin. I'd kinda forgotten that was out there. Thanks for the help.
 
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Use a card reader. It's fast and a no brainer.
 
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