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I have an iPad 3 and use the "fileExplorer" app to access my laptop files over my WiFi at home. I want to do this when I travel, but can't get it to work. My laptop does have a static IP address. Please help, thanks
iPad, IPad3
I wonder if it's a firewall issue. Your laptop is fine when the iPad accesses it within your home network but sees an outside access attempt as 'bad' and blocks it.
This is along the lines I was thinking, but I wanted to get some verification that it should work before I wasted excessive time trying to figure it out. It sounds like it should work, correct?
It sounds like it should, but i've never tried any sort of remote access. But if it works when you're on your home network but not outside of it then it makes sense to me to be a security issue. Presuming you're at home and not away, you might look at the security settings of the file access program. If it is a firewall or such, you'll just need to tell your computer that the contact is okay.
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Cheers, Tom 😉
Laptop, File access while traveling with my IPad3
