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How can I map an external drive?

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by medallitny

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Hi, how can I map an external drive? I have the Mac address , the IP address and the port number, is it possible to do it with this information or I need to request more.Thx

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by travler92

UNC to the address (\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) from the windows select 'Tools', "Map Network Drive', select the drive letter you want to call it and browse to the folder. Done

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by medallitny

Thx, the problem is that the network drive is in an external location, somewhere around New York, that's why is getting kind of complicated. thx again

by dumphrey

how can you access the drive. If you can get a vpn connection into the network where the drive lives, then the unc path mapping will work fine. If not, I really do not know what to tell you. Drive mapping was designed as a convenience on LANS, but it sounds like you need to map across a WAN. If thats the case then you need to establish some form of VPN or secured remote desktop system. Secured being the key word.

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