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Please refer to the Services for Macs at Drew page for general information about this service.

Mac laptops and desktops are able to connect to Drew University network drives through the operating system itself without the use of of any additional software. The following instructions demonstrate how to connect to your F: drive (your personal network space) along with other drives you may need access to such as G:\ and K:\.

The following instructions will ONLY work while connected on-campus to the Drew network.  Also, there is no interface from the Mac to change file server permissions.  This still needs to be done from a Windows machine running the Novell Client.

1. From the Go menu in the Finder, select Connect to Server.

2.  Enter one of the following in the "Server Address:" box:

For CIFS access:

cifs://username@causeway2-u.drew.edu/users/username (the F: drive on Windows)
cifs://username@causeway2-o.drew.edu/depts/deptname  (the G: drive for administrative departments)
cifs://username@causeway2-p.drew.edu/progs/deptname   (the G: drive for academic departments, programs and centers)
cifs://username@causeway2-t.drew.edu/courses/currentterm (the K: drive)

You can also access top level directories:

cifs://username@causeway2-u.drew.edu/  (for what is the U: drive in Windows)
cifs://username@causeway2-o.drew.edu/  (for the O: drive for administrative offices)
cifs://username@causeway2-p.drew.edu/ (for the P: drive for academic programs, departments and centers)
cifs://username@causeway2-t.drew.edu/ (for the T: drive)


Then click the Connect button.

For AFP access, simply replace "cifs" with "afp" in the server name strings above.

AFP or CIFS?
You can connect to network drives using either AFP or CIFS.  AFP is the native Apple protocol, and CIFS is the Microsoft Windows networking protocol.  Which you use is up to you, but there may be times when one is not working, in which case you should try the other.   There may be some specific Apple software or files that are dependent on the AFP protocol for proper functioning.  CNS may also send out updates about what protocol is best to use at any given time.  We have noticed no performance difference between the protocols.


Lion Compatibility

At this time, we have tested access from Macs running MacOS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7.3 (Lion) to our campus file servers with both CIFS and AFP access and believe there are no stability or compatibility issues. We strongly recommend that you update to the latest patches for your version of MacOS.

We had issues accessing the campus OES servers with either AFP or CIFS using MacOS 10.7 (Lion).  AFP would fail with an error about the version of the protocol you're using not being supported, and CIFS may cause a kernel panic on the Mac and crash the computer for Lion versions less than 10.7.3.



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3. The Login window will pop up.
Make sure  your Drew username is under  "Name:" and enter your Drew password for "Password:".

These are also known as your uLogin credentials.


3. The drive you selected will then appear as a folder on your screen.


4. Clicking on the CAUSEWAY_* option in the left-hand pane may allow you to see other drives you could access at the same time. However, these may not always be present depending on server load balancing, so the best practice is to establish a separate connection (as above) to each drive you need. 
Courses is equivalent to the T: drive on a PC.
Depts is equivalent to the O: drive on a PC.
Progs is equivalent to the P: drive on a PC.
Users is equivalent to the U: drive on a PC.

You may see other folders or volumes as well.


5. For example, to find your K: drive, click Causeway Courses, where you will see one folder for each semester.

From there find the semester you want, and your course


6. To logout, click once again on CAUSEWAY2_U (or CAUSEWAY2_O or CAUSEWAY2_P) if you connected to your department drive, CAUSEWAY2_T if you accessed your K: drive) in the left-hand column and click Disconnect.

Always Disconnect

If you do not click "Disconnect" as described above, you will remain logged into your Drew network drives. Anyone using the computer after you will have complete access to your folders and files.

Please disconnect every time you are finished using your Mac.

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