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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 work on Drew's campus while connected to Drew's wired network ONLY.  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 AFP access:

afp://causeway2-u.drew.edu/Causeway2 Users/yourusername  (for what is the F: drive in Windows)
afp://causeway2-o.drew.edu/Causeway2 Depts/yourdeptname  (for the G: drive for administrative offices)
afp://causeway2-p.drew.edu/Causeway2 Progs/yourdeptsname (for the G: drive for academic programs, departments and centers)
afp://causeway2-t.drew.edu/Causeway2 Courses/currentterm  (for the K: drive)

e.g. afp://causeway2-u.drew.edu/Causeway2 Users/sashley1
e.g. afp://causeway2-t.drew.edu/Causeway2 Courses/fa2011

For CIFS (SMB) access:

cifs://causeway2-u.drew.edu/users/yourusername
cifs://causeway2-o.drew.edu/depts/yourdeptname
cifs://causeway2-p.drew.edu/progs/yourdeptsname
cifs://causeway2-t.drew.edu/courses/currentterm

Then click the Connect button

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.   CNS may also send out updates about what protocol is best to use at any given time.



Problems with Lion

At this time, there are issues accessing the campus OES servers with either AFP or CIFS using MacOS 10.7 (Lion).  AFP will 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.  Apple and Novell are working on patches and workarounds for both issues and we will update as solutions should become available.






3. The Login window will pop up.

Enter your Drew username for "Name:" and 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. 

Causeway2 Courses is equivalent to the T: drive on a PC.
Causeway2 Depts is equivalent to the O: drive on a PC.
Causeway2 Progs is equivalent to the P: drive on a PC.
Causeway2 Users is equivalent to the U: drive on a PC.


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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