How to share files over wifi

Most of Now a days Operating System’s come with inbuilt file sharing, but most of the user pivot to cloud services like Dropbox to transfer files from even the local PC’s, but users whose internet connection is slow and they need files in a pinch this trick might come in handy help you share files over the Wifi.

The folder is shared over the Wifi as the shared it is declared as the shared folder over the two computers or the number of the computer participating in the share.
The file sharing over the wifi helps you in the faster distribution of the data moreover if you are a student and you want to share a video file with your class it may come in handy and saves lot of mobile data. First make sure both of the PC’s or laptops are connected to the same wifi network if you don’t have wifi router with you turn on wifi hot-spot in your mobile without turning on the mobile data this will create a temporary hot-spot to share files over wifi We will show you how it is done in Windows and even Ubuntu

Windows

Right Click on the folder you want to share and select the properties


Now go to the sharing tab and you will find an option called Advanced sharing

When you click on the advanced sharing option there will be another tab popped up, click on share this folder check box thus followed by deciding the name of the folder

Below you need to set the permission of whom can access your folder keep it as guest so that every body can read it, but not to delete it

Finally click share There you folder sharing is done on windows
From the other computer search in the network to find the computer on which the folder is being shared and access it.

Ubuntu

When coming to Linux there will be folder sharing software for the Linux called samba
Install it
If you didn’t install it will prompt you install the software
After installing the software, right click on the folder and click on local network share


If you didn’t install samba it will prompt you install it
There will be a dialog opened you will find and square tick box to start sharing tick and
allow the guest access


If you want specific people to access that folder then there will be special permissions in the windows
Restrict the access to your network if you are in ubuntu

(Source:- http://www.dexterstuff.com/how-to-share-a-folder-or-a-file-over-wifi/#.Vrq8odC2a00)