Windows Networking with Raspberry Pi

[barntekadmin]

OK, I know it ain't exactly "right", but...  I kinda stole this blog and copied it to our server just in case the original disappears sometime.  It is unmodified, so all the right folks should get credit...   Just don't comment on the blog itself.

Having said that, this blog explains how to setup a RasPi so you can access it thru Windows Networking.  I did it the way they said, then I figured how to make any folder accessible.  This could come in handy dealing with the Motion Program which like to keep saving pics and vids.

Anyway, here is the blog...

Blog

[Larry]

And, by barntekadmin, I meant me!!!

[Dan]

Did you install this and how well does it work?

[Dan]

Even if I don't use Samba, I learned that you can paste text into PuTTY using right-click with the mouse...another cool tip, if the copy you command ends with a CRLF (End of Line) it will run the command as soon as you do the mouse click...Cool!

[Larry]

Yeah, I installed it and it works fine.  It will allow you to stream pictures and watch videos which are stored on the pi. In fact, once this is all set up, if my pi hostname is Master, all I have to put into putty is 'Master' instead of 192.168.1.50.  

The copy and paste thing works great.  I use it quite a bit from the windows box, but mostly from my linux machine.  When I write Python programs, I SSH into the pi for my linux machine, then open nano to edit my program.  I will SSH from another terminal into the same pi, and use it to run the code I wrote from the other terminal.  That way, I have the code open all the time, even while testing the program.