Mapping a Lab Drive to the Russell Labs Hub Fileserver - Windows

This document describes how to connect to the Russell Labs hub fileserver.

Audience

Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Forest & Wildlife faculty, students, and staff; Hub staff

Are you OFF-campus

Using a Wireless Connection?

Do these steps first:

A. Connect to the Internet.

B. Launch the GlobalProtect VPN software,* then follow the rest of these instructions.

* for instructions on getting and installing WiscVPN software, visit this webpage: http://www.doit.wisc.edu/network/vpn/

Right-click Computer located in the Start menu. Click Map Network Drive.

Open File Explorer:

1) Scroll down the left pane and locate This PC. Click it.

2) At the top of the screen, there are three tabs - File, Computer, and View. Click the Computer tab.

3) A horizontal menu with icons appears below the tabs. Locate the icon Map network drive and click it.

The Map Network Drive screen appears.

Follow these steps to complete the Map Network Drive options:

1) Drive: Click the down-pointing arrow and choose an available drive letter from the drop-down menu.

2) Folder:

Copy and paste this into the box:

\\russell.drive.wisc.edu\russell\labstorage

3) Reconnect at sign-in: click to add a checkmark in the box.

4) Connect using different credentials:

Is your computer on the Russell domain?

If Yes:

- Leave the box unchecked.

If No:

- Click to add a checkmark in the box.

5) Click Finish.

The Map Network Drive popup closes, and a login screen appears labeled Enter network credentials.

If you clicked "Connect using different credentials" in step 4 above:

1) User name: enter:

russell\<username>

...where <username> is your Russell username.
2) Password box: enter your password.

If you did NOT click Connect using different credentials:"

1) User name: enter your Russell username.
2) Password: enter your password.

3) Reconnect at sign-in: click to add a checkmark in the box.

4) Click OK.

Occasionally this asks for your credentials again, click OK.

If the connection was successful, Windows Explorer will open the mapped network drive:

Successful Labstorage Mapped Drive

Open the folder for your department, then the labs folder, and then the folder for your lab.