I know how to share and map a drive in Windows XP on the same network. I also know that with Windows file & printer sharing, the two computers have to be on the same router. What I would like to be able to do is to map a folder on a remote computer – not even in the same building – to a local drive and switch which remote folder is mapped to that drive.
Here’s the setup. We have 9 remote locations that run clinical management software. Each clinic has a Windows 2003 SBS running that contains the database. Each workstation maps a drive, through WFPS, that is referred to (presumably to point to the database) when performing a workstation install of the software.
At the corporate office, our data processing dept. uses Remote Desktop to log on to each of the servers and run the software from that server to generate reports. This brings its own problems, not the least of which is printing to the local printer from the remote server.
If there were a way to map the X: drive to a clinic server, install the software locally and reference X: as the server location, and run the software without using RDP, that would make life much easier. It would also be helpful to be able to switch the mapping of X: from clinic 1 to clinic 2 to clinic 3, etc.
So, how do I map a drive to a folder on a server on a remote network?
Thanks,
Joe Fusco
