First - I'm a noobie on Android & tablets but a semi-teckie on Windoze My home network is a Win7 PC, WinXP PC, & Netgear NAS 104 [4x3TB drives] Note: all above are wired using an Ethernet router I use a WinXP wireless HP laptop My android wireless tablet, received a few days ago, is a TRIO Stealth Pro. I can connect to home wireless but how do I "see" my Netgear Network Attached Storage [192.168.1.10] I've read that I need something called ES File Manager and that author self-answered by saying 'make an exception in my firewall to all for 'wireless devices to access' ... and that worked So my question is: is ES File Manager the best to do the work of Win-Explorer? do I need to change firewall settings in my ROUTER? I wouldn't think so because my laptop can see the //server just fine using win-explorer Thanks for taking pity on this newbie Jimbo213 PS: Yes I know XP support is out in 3 days. My super-teckie son [3 states away] wants me to convert all to Ubintu. THAT scares me. ---------------------------------------- update 30 minutes later I found and installed ES File Manager. Really COOL - I'd like to contribute $$ to the developer. Think I'll try to figure that out. QUESTION: I tried to play .AVI and .WMV files with NO luck. Says "no application available" or something similar [I'm moving from my tablet to my laptop as I work / type] That's my next challenge. Jimbo
Install MX Player or MoboPlayer on your tablet to play those video formats. Another alternative is VLC Player, which as a computer user you may have heard of. There is a version for Android.