Difference between revisions of "Access network storage from off campus"

Revision as of 20:13, 18 March 2020

	REVISION IN PROGRESS: This article contains useful information, but is being revised to reflect recent updates. Direct questions to TLT (tlt@winona.edu).

To access your network storage (Department drive S:/ or Personal drive R:/) from off-campus you will need to do the following:

Have a WSU laptop. This cannot be done from a personal device.
Multi-factor Authenticator account installed for VPN. Step 2 on this page: VPN for Employees

Once the above is done you will only need to do these steps to access your network storage:

Open your Start Menu and click the "Click to Map Network Drives" tile located at the top middle of the screen in Fig 1.
Re-open your Start Menu and click the "File Explorer" tile in the middle of the screen
Your network storage drives will be located under the "Network locations" heading. You may have to scroll down to find it.

In Finder, press and hold the <Command> key then tap the <K> key to bring up the "Connect to Server" prompt
Connect to one of the network locations listed in Fig 2.
Just copy/paste one of the addresses below if your list is not pre-populated
Personal storage: smb://store.winona.edu/users/
Department drive: smb://store.winona.edu/department/

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 Once the above is done you will only need to do these steps to access your network storage:
 # Connect to your [[Connect_your_laptop_to_our_virtual_private_network|Cisco AnyConnect VPN]] client.
+# Either Map Network Drive for PCs or Connect to Server for Macs.
-# Next you need to Map Network Drive for PCs or Connect to Server for Macs.
 ===Map Network Drive for PCs===