Mapping network drive following VPN connection

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Mapping network drive following VPN connection

I am able to connect from my iBook to my office Windows network using VPN, but once connected do not know how/where to find the networked folders I want to access (i.e. the equivalent of right clicking on 'My Computer' and selecting 'Map Network Drive' in XP). Any ideas? Thanks.

G4 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Posted on Jan 4, 2006 4:41 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 4, 2006 7:50 AM in response to Dunstan Cooke

Once you are connected to the VPN, try the following:

1) In the Finder, go to the "Go" menu, and select "Connect to server"

2) At this point you have two options - type in the address of the server you want to connect to - remember, once you are in the VPN, it would be a local/internal address.

OR

Click the browse button - you will probably see My Network, Servers, and Workgroup (or a custom network name) - browse the appropriate network until you see what you are looking for.

3) Click on the item that you want - probably a server/machine name - then click "Connect" - typically, you will then be given a choice of what folders or other shared items to "mount."

Hope this helps.

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