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I have a desktop (Ubuntu 13.04 & Win 7 Home Premium) and a Laptop (Ubuntu 12.04), both
having WiFi adapters. I also have a WiFi router connected to internet which both my computers viewed 148,331 times
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I want to share files between my desktop and my laptop using WiFi (similar to Homegroup on
Windows 7 but without using Ethernet cables). How do I set-up that? Linked

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Optional: In the router setup, see the local IP addresses assigned to the desktop and the laptop.
These may look like 192.168.0.100 or 192.168.1.199. If an option to assign these specific IP
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Step 1 On the laptop create a folder you want to share. There may be a folder called "Public"
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Click on "Change permissions of enclosed files" button and make sure it looks like this:

Now you should be able to edit files created in ubuntu in the "Public" folder of the laptop in the
Windows Explorer.

However, if you create a file in Windows and put it in the Public folder of the laptop you may not
be able to open that file when you get to the laptop. This is because Windows and Ubuntu do not
understand each other's file ownership and permissions. So in the Ubuntu laptop, the file created
by Windows is owned by "Nobody". You will have to open Nautilus as an Administrator and change
the ownership and read-write permissions while in the laptop.

Step 3. Go to the Windows on the desktop computer and open Windows Explorer, Click on the
triangle next to Network on the left panel. From the drop-down list you should be able to select
the name of the laptop computer running Ubuntu.

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Here is a step by step guide with some more details.

Ubuntu → Windows

Step 1 Setup Windows folder sharing using methods available for Windows. follow the steps in
the link above for the Windows part.

Step 2 Open a terminal in the Ubuntu laptop by pressing  Ctrl + Alt + T  and enter:

sudo -H gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

and look for the line:

; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

and edit it to look like this

name resolve order = bcast lmhosts host wins

Note, there is no ; in the beginning of the edited line. Save the file and exit gedit. Enter the
following two lines (one at a time) to stop and start samba:

sudo stop smbd

sudo start smbd

Step 3 On the laptop, open Nautilus, the file browser and click on Network on the left panel. Click
on "Browse Network" Click through the icons in the main Network window of Nautilus and find
your Windows Desktop and shared folder. Verify you can copy files from and to this folder.

See "Failed to retrieve share list from server" error when browsing a share with Nautilus for
reference on editing the smb.conf.

Ubuntu → Ubuntu

Boot the desktop to Ubuntu.

On both the desktop and the laptop do the following to make sure ssh-server is intalled:

Open a terminal by pressing  Ctrl + Alt + T  and enter

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Enter your password when prompted. The cursor will not move when you enter the password. This
is normal.

This will install the ssh-server if it is not already installed. If already installed, it will do nothing.

The Desktop First:

Open Nautilus and find the Menu item "Connect to server".

Under Server Address Enter:

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where  laptop_user_id  is the user ID you created for on your laptop. You can find your user ID by
typing  whoami  in a terminal. And  laptop_name  is the name you gave to the laptop when you
installed Ubuntu.

If you want to share a partition in your second hard drive of the desktop, under Server Address
Enter:

sftp://desktop_user_id@desktop_name.local/path/to/the/mount/point/of/the/partition/in

Replace  path/to/.../drive  with the actual path.

Alternately, if you know the local IP address of your laptop you can
replace  laptop_name.local with the local IP address of the laptop.

Press  Connect . You will see a password dialog box:

Enter the password associated with laptop_user_id and select if you want the password is to be
remembered or not. Again click  Connect .

Now you should see your home folder of the laptop.

Notice there is a new entry under Network on the left panel of Nautilus that begins
with  laptop_user_id . Right click on it and choose "Add Bookmark" to create a permanent
bookmark for your laptop's home folder in the Nautilus of the Desktop.

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Now the laptop

Follow the same process as the desktop above.

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