How to Connect to Networked Drives

Most campus desktop computers will automatically map network drives for faculty and staff. However you may need to manually map those drives in situations like these:

• Students who are also Employees (they will automatically map the U: Drive but not the P: Drive)
• Faculty and staff who use laptops or home computers
• Mac and Linux users who map to network shares using SMB
• Some departments may have specific network shares that are not mapped automatically for all faculty, staff or students

Before you Begin

Your computer must be on the campus network (wired or wireless), or connected using VPN. If you are connecting from off-campus, first connect to Western's Virtual Private Network.

Mapping Network Drives on a Windows PC

Map your network drives by creating shortcuts on your desktop to these locations:

For additional departmental drives, please contact your departmental desktop support.

When prompted for your credentials, enter the following:

• Username: wwu\your_username
• Password: your_password

Mapping Network Drives on a Mac

Map the drives manually using Finder:

1. Go to Finder, then select Go > Connect to server from the top menu or just select ⌘ (command) and K from desktop
2. Enter the following for the Server Address:
   • U (Home) for students: smb://msfs-student.univ.dir.wwu.edu/stu/username
   • U (Home) for staff & faculty: smb://msfs-facstaff.univ.dir.wwu.edu/user/username
   • P (Facshare): smb://msfs-share.cts.wwu.edu/facshare
   • S (Class): smb://msfs-share.cts.wwu.edu/class
   • X (Software): smb://msfs-util.cts.wwu.edu/software
   • V (CampusWeb): smb://msfs-share.cts.wwu.edu/campusweb