Article ID: 1009
Last Review: Oct 21, 2009
Type: Instructions
Map network drives to Datastore in Mac OS X
Follow these directions to map network drives to Datastore in Mac OS X.
Before You Begin
To access Datastore, 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 Datastore
To map network drives to Datastore in Mac OS X, do the following:
- On the Finder menu bar, click Go > Connect to Server....
- The Connect to Server window will appear.
- In the box labeled Server Address:, type one of the following network paths (based on the network share you would like to access).
- Personal Share:
smb://datastore.ilstu.edu/yourULID
- *STV250 Share:
smb://datastore.ilstu.edu/stv250
- Personal Share:
- Click Connect.
- Enter your ULID and password when prompted to do so.
The network share you connected to will automatically open.
- On Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4, the network share will appear on your desktop.
- On Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6, network shares do not automatically appear on the desktop. To show connected shares on the desktop, refer to 1375: Network drives do not appear on the desktop in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
*STV250 Share: The STV250 share is used exclusively by English classes. It should never be used for personal storage.
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