Connecting to Personal Shares from Win95 and Win98

By John Ter Maat

Have you ever wanted to connect to your FLC shares from your dialup connection?

These could be your personal M: drive or your professor's share that he uses to exchange information about your classes.
Here are the step-by-steps for Windows 95 and 98.

1. This first step is VERY important. Your computer must have a name unique on the FLC network. Open the Network Control Panel (Start | Settings | Control Panel | Network)

   Highlight the Identification Tab. · Set the Computer Name to your FLC Username. · Set the WorkGroup to FORTLEWIS.

   Highlight the Configuration Tab.

   • Make sure that you have a client called "Client for Microsoft Networks". If not, add it by:
     1. clicking Add
     2. highlight Client
     3. click add again
     4. choose the manufacturer Microsoft
     5. choose "Client for Microsoft Networks" from the list.
     6. click "OK"
   • (If the Microsoft Family Logon client is present, remove it by highlighting it a clicking on the remove button.)
   • Highlight "Client for Microsoft Networks"
   • Click on Properties
   • Go to the General Tab Check the box to "Log on to Windows NT Domain" Type FORTLEWIS in the Domain box. Click "OK"
   • Click "OK" to close the Network Control Panel · Click "No" to the Restart Computer message.

 

2. Double click on My Computer

   Double click on Dial-Up Networking
   Right click on the icon you have set up for your FLC connection
   Go to Properties
   Go to Server Types Put a check in the "Log on to network" box.

3. Reboot your computer and connect to the FLC modem pool as usual. You might see a new window open and close quickly as the logon progresses. After the logon is complete, right click on My Computer and proceed to the choice for "Map Network Drive". Choose M: for your network drive and type \\student\username for the path (If you are a faculty member, substitute the word faculty for student). For example:

\\student\jmdoe or \\faculty\hmsmith

• Check the "Reconnect at Logon" box if you want to connect to your M: drive every time you dial in.
• Click OK and your Personal Share should appear in Windows Explorer.
• Use the same method to connect to the share that faculty use to exchange information with their classes. Choose drive O: and connect it to \\faculty\acadcommon