Off-Campus File Access: Connecting From Your Home Computer Using Windows 2000

  1. Open ‘My Network Places’ (usually found on the Desktop).



  2. Double-click ‘Add Network Place’.
  3. In the ‘Type the location of the Network Place:’ field, enter:

    https://axel.stolaf.edu/oneNet/NetStorage
    The field is case-sensitive; enter it exactly as it appears above. Note that it begins with https: and not http:



  4. Click Next.
  5. When prompted, enter your username and password. Uncheck the box ‘Save this password in your password list’. Click OK.



  6. Enter a name for this network place, for example, ‘St. Olaf Files’. Click Finish.



  7. If you get a Security Alert dialog box, click Yes.



  8. A window will open with listing of your files. You will see your home directory, the shared directory and the classes directory.



  9. Your connection to your St. Olaf files will be saved in your ‘My Network Places’. To access your files at a later time, simply open My Network Places and double-click on ‘St. Olaf Files’.


 

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