Academics


Background

All students get a private (unshared) network drive known as the P: (or X:) drive; in addition, some students (if requested by faculty) will receive a public (shared) network drive known as the I: drive (for internet documents). 

These locations are automatically backed-up every night and accessible from any computer on-campus, HTTP, FTP, or Remote Desktop from off-campus.

If you will be accessing from on campus only:

Creating an X: or P: drive in Windows

  1. Right click on the Computer/My Computer icon
  2. Choose Map Network Drive
  3. Change the drive to X: (or P:)
    1. If you are a student, change the path to \\T1\STUDENTS
    2. If you are a faculty member, change the path to \\T1\FACULTY
    3. If you are an administrative staff member, change the path to \\T2\ADMIN
  4. Check the box that says "Reconnect at logon"

Creating an I: drive in Windows

  1. Right click on the Computer/My Computer icon
  2. Choosing Map Network Drive
  3. Change the drive to I:
    1. If you are a student or faculty member, change the path to \\T1\INTERNETDOCS
    2. If you are an administrative staff member, change the path to \\T2\INTERNETDOCS
  4. Check the box that says "Reconnect at logon"

Access your network folders using Mac OS X (v10.4.11 and higher)

  1. In the "Finder", use either the "GO" menu and "Connect to Server" or use the Command "K" keyboard command
  2. In the prompt window, enter one of the following URLs:
    1. Students: "smb://www2.thomas.edu/students" or "smb://www2.thomas.edu/internetdocs"
    2. Faculty: "smb://www2.thomas.edu/faculty" or "smb://www2.thomas.edu/internetdocs"
    3. Administrative Staff: "smb://www3.thomas.edu/admin" or "smb://www3.thomas.edu/internetdocs"
  3. You will be prompted to authenticate with your username and password
  4. Now you can access your network folders

 If you will be accessing from both off campus and on campus:

Access your network folders using Windows 7 or Vista

  1. Right click on the Computer icon
  2. Choose Map Network Drive
  3. Change the drive letter to X: (or P:)
  4. Enter the Folder name: (type one of the following choices)
    1. Students: https://www2.thomas.edu/studentsx
    2. Faculty: https://www2.thomas.edu/facultyx
    3. Administrative Staff: https://www3.thomas.edu/adminx
  5. You will be prompted to authenticate with your username and password
  6. Check the box that says "Reconnect at logon"
  7. You can also create a connection to your interndocs folder (I: drive) by right clicking on the My computer icon and choosing Map Network Drive, again
  8. Change the drive letter to I:
  9. Enter the Folder name: (type one of the following choices)
    1. Students: "https://www2.thomas.edu/students/s/smithj", where 's' is the first letter of your username, and 'smithj' is your username
    2. Faculty: "https://www2.thomas.edu/faculty/smithj", where 'smithj' is your username
    3. Administrative Staff: "https://www3.thomas.edu/folder", where 'folder' is your web folder.
  10. You will be prompted to authenticate with your username and password
  11. Check the box that says "Reconnect at logon"
  12. Now you can access your network folders from your applications and through Windows Explorer

Access your network folders using "My Network Places" in Windows XP from on and off campus

  1. Start, Ctrl Panel, Network Connections (OR, Start, My Network Places)
  2. On the left hand side, click on "My Network Places"
  3. Choose on the left, "Add A Network Place"
  4. In the wizard, click Next
  5. Choose "Another Network Location", Next
  6. Type: one of the following choices for the URL:
    1. Student P drive: "https://www2.thomas.edu/studentsx"
    2. Student I drive: "https://www2.thomas.edu/students/username"
    3. Faculty X/P drive: "https://www2.thomas.edu/facultyx"
    4. Faculty I drive: "https://www2.thomas.edu/faculty/username"
    5. Administrative Staff: "https://www3.thomas.edu/adminx"
  7. You will be prompted to authenticate with your username and password
  8. Now you can access your X: drive folders from My Network Places in your applications and through Windows Explorer

Access your network folders using Mac OS X (v10.4.11 and higher)

  1. In the "Finder", use either the "GO" menu and "Connect to Server" or use the Command "K" keyboard command
  2. In the prompt window enter one of the folowing URLs:
    1. Students: "https://www2.thomas.edu/studentsx"
    2. Faculty: "https://www2.thomas.edu/facultyx"
    3. Administrative Staff: "https://www3.thomas.edu/adminx
  3. You will be prompted to authenticate with your username and password
  4. Now you can access your network folders

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