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Accessing File Shares

Updated 2 years ago by Sinan Sarıçınar

For remote access, you must first initiate a VPN connection to the MEFEDU network. Please follow this article for VPN connections.

For Windows 10

  1. Press Win + R to open the "Run" window.
  1. Type the file share address shared with you. e.g. \\serveraddress\sharename
  2. When prompted, please enter your MEFEDU credentials and press "Enter". Note that you need to enter your username with a prefix "MEFEDU\" without the quotes. e.g. MEFEDU\testuser

For Mac OS

  1. Open a "Finder" window and click the "Connect to Server" link on the "Go" dropdown menu on the toolbar.
  1. Enter the Server Address shared with you. e.g. smb://serveraddress/sharename
  1. When prompted, please enter your MEFEDU credentials and press "Enter". Note that you need to enter your username with a prefix "MEFEDU\" without the quotes. e.g. MEFEDU\testuser

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