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Help me connect to remote server running smb
Hello
Let me start by saying I am a complete novice and know very little about how Windows 7 works. So I need pre-school-level advice.
The problem: We have a file server running Mac OS X Server and SMB-sharing IS enabled. All clients can access the server on the local network, including the two people using PC's with Windows 7.
The Mac users can also access the fileserver from home - they select "connect to server", key in the IP-address and is then asked for username and password.
The Windows users apparently cannot.
Everything should be enabled, but I have no idea how to do it.
On the local network they can open Explorer and type \\IP-adresss\filsersver and then username and password - they can even make a shortcut on the desktop.
But of course the IP-address on the local network is different from the IP-address they need to use if they are working from home. And it does not work from home.
I am pretty sure, the Explorer way is not the correct way to go ... and I have found ot there is something called network mapping. I just don't have any idea what to click and where to type the IP-address and servername.
So if anybody know, I will be SO happy.
Please also ask what you need to know, in order to be able to answer/help.
Kind regards,
Peter