University Computer Help Desk

Map network drives to ITK shares in Mac OS X

Follow these directions to map network drives to ITK network shares in Mac OS X.

Before You Begin

The School of Information Technology (ITK) offers two network shares to its students and instructors:

  • H: \\itksrv5\yourITKusername
    Use your ITK H: drive to store files related to class projects. ITK students have read/write access to this network share.
     
  • T: \\itksrv1\progs
    The ITK T: drive stores class-related materials. Instructors have read/write access to this network share, and students have read-only access.

Requirements

Only ITK students and instructors should access ITK network shares.

ITK user name: To access your ITK network shares, you must use your ITK user name and password. If you do not know your ITK user name or password, contact your ITK instructor.

Connection: To access ITK network shares, you must be connected to Illinois State in one of the following ways:

  • ResNet connection
  • Campus "isunet" wireless network
  • Campus computer lab
  • Campus office
  • Off campus with a VPN connection (see below)

Off-campus users: To map network drives from off campus, you need to first establish a VPN connection using either the Cisco VPN Client or Network Connect in WebVPN.

Map Network Drives to ITK Network Shares on Mac OS X

These instructions are for Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6. To map network drives to an ITK network share, do the following:

  1. On the Finder menu bar, click Go > Connect to Server....
  2. The Connect to Server window will appear.
  3. In the box labeled Server Address:, type one of the following network paths (based on the network share you would like to access).
    • smb://itksrv5.ad.ilstu.edu/yourITKusername
    • smb://itksrv1.ad.ilstu.edu/progs
  4. Click Connect.
  5. Enter your ITK user name and ITK password when prompted to do so.

The network share you connected to will automatically open.