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How To...
These are the instructions for mapping your network drives at work from home.
- This first step requires you to make note of the location of your network drives at work. From the Start Menu, right-select the My Computer button and click on Disconnect Network Drive.
- As you can see, the letters and location of each of your network drives appear below. Make a note of the letter(s) and location(s) of the network drives you plan on mapping from your home computer.
- Proceed to Step Two.
- Next, you will need to setup a VPN connection on your home computer to the UTD network. To establish a VPN connection, see How To Install Virtual Private Networking Software and How To Connect Using VPN Software.
- Once you have the VPN connection established on your home computer, you will need to map the network drives. From the Start Menu, right-select the My Computer button and click on Map Network Drive.
- Once the Map Network Drive Wizard opens, you will have to enter in the drive letter and folder location of the network drive you wish to access. Leave the Reconnect at logon option unchecked. For this example, we will connect to the P: drive. Click on Connect using a different user name to proceed.
Note: Because the machines off campus are not part of the domain, they will need to use the fully qualified domain name. For most hosts, add .utdallas.edu to the
end of the name. However for the campus domain, you must append .ad.utdallas.edu to the end of the host you wish to connect to (\\campus.ad.utdallas.edu\....\....).
- A popup prompting you to authenticate will appear. Enter your username Campus\ NetID and password in their respective fields.
- Once you have successfully authenticated, you will see the network drive that you attempted to access.
- To map additional drives, simply repeat Steps 1-3.
- For further assistance, contact the Help Desk at 972-883-2911 or assist@utdallas.edu. The Help Desk’s office is located in JO 3.906.
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