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Started 1 year ago by William Archer
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William Archer

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Hello, all.

I was setting up my PB64 to transfer over all my iTunes files (many gb). Clearly the best way to do this was over WiFi.

In Windows Explorer I double-clicked on the Playbook device and opened up \\playbook\media. I then copied my iTunes directory over into the \\playbook\media\music directory.

When I first started the transfer I had the device connected via USB. I assumed that this would all work over the pre-established WiFi connection - but I noticed that the transfer speed was down around 500-800kb/s

I disconnected the USB cable as an experiement and the transfer failed. It confirmed that the 'network' connection was really an internal network number (169.x.x.x) which was assigned to the USB cable.

I then double clicked on the Playbook in Windows Explorer and started the transfer again (with no cable attached).

Wow. What a pig. The transfer dropped down to less than 100kb/s!

Then I realised that the Playbook dropped down to a BlueTooth connection! :) (I had been experimenting connecting and pairing to everything including my laptop).

I turned off BlueTooth and then re-started the transfer. NOW it finally worked on WiFi (a few MB/s)

So: If you're experiencing awful file transfer speeds when you THINK you're using WiFi.. check the cable, and any other connections you may have as pre-existing conditions. WiFi doesn't have priority over cables or bluetooth it seems.

--TT

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Kobena

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how do you get Playbook on your network so that you can see it over WiFi? I can't seem to make mine work.

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Luis Merlos

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Kobena said:
how do you get Playbook on your network so that you can see it over WiFi? I can't seem to make mine work.

You have to turn on the sharing mode on the playbook settings
Then make sure you are connected to wi-fi once that is done go to your network connections on your pc and see if you find the playbook on the listed devices. Click on it it will ask you for a username and password, i believe the default user name is PlayBook and whichever password you assigned to it.

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babisboi

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This is actually good to know.

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Kobena

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So I have the sharing mode turned on and my playbook is connected to wi-fi, yet when I go to my network connections on my pc I do not see the playbook on the listed devices. Anyone knows what I am doing wrong?

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ErnieH

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1. On your Playbook check Tools/Storage & Sharing/Network Identification and note your Tablet Network Name and Username.

2. On your PC run Windows Explorer and type:
\\Tablet Network Name (whatever yours is named) and hit Enter

3. Click the Media folder and enter your Username and Playbook password. You should now see the Media directory and playbook will appear on the listed devices.

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Kobena

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Thank you ErnieH!! That worked.

Posted 11 months ago #Post-Permalink
Corey Davis

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so does the wifi transfer only work between a host pc and the playbook? i've tried with an itouch and my Bold, but never works

@scuebydue

Posted 11 months ago #Post-Permalink
Terrence T

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Funny.. I'm using wifi only (no bluetooth - all off) but the speed is horrible!

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JaedenScott

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just got this new playbook, already forgot my filesharing password, cant believe i setup the password and dont remember what i used. usually use one of five possible passwords, but mustve made up new one. what do i do now? :(

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Rossei

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Kobena said:

ErnieH said:
1. On your Playbook check Tools/Storage & Sharing/Network Identification and note your Tablet Network Name and Username.

2. On your PC run Windows Explorer and type:
\\Tablet Network Name (whatever yours is named) and hit Enter

3. Click the Media folder and enter your Username and Playbook password. You should now see the Media directory and playbook will appear on the listed devices.

I followed it, but don't seem to work. I get stuck at #2 step. When I type PB's Network Name (default one) in my laptop (Windows 7), it pops up an error window of Windows. I can connect to my PB using Wi-Fi sharing; but not with BT apparently. Any suggestion?

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