Technology
Map Network Drives to School of IT Shares in macOS
Last modified 9/20/2023
Follow these directions to map network drives to School of IT network shares in macOS.
Before You Begin
The School of Information Technology (IT) offers two network shares to its students and instructors:
- H: \itksrv5\yourITKusername - Use your IT H: drive to store files related to class projects. IT students have read/write access to this network share.
- T: \itksrv1\progs - The IT T: drive stores class-related materials. Instructors have read/write access to this network share, and students have read-only access.
Note
The School of Information Technology was formerly referred to as the ITK department.
Requirements
Note
Only IT students and instructors should access IT network shares.
IT user name: To access your IT network shares, you must use your IT user name and password. If you do not know your IT user name or password, contact your IT instructor.
Connection: To access IT network shares, you must be connected to Illinois State in one of the following ways:
- ResNet connection
- Campus “isunet” wireless network
- Campus computer lab
- Campus office
- Off-campus with a VPN connection (see below)
Off-campus users: To map network drives from off campus, you need to first establish a VPN connection with the campus network.
Map Network Drives to School of IT Network Shares on MacOS
These instructions are for OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and newer. To map network drives to an IT network share, do the following:
- On the Finder menu bar, click Go > Connect to Server….
- The Connect to Server window will appear.
- In the box labeled Server Address, type one of the following network paths (based on the network share you would like to access).
- smb://itksrv5.ad.ilstu.edu/yourITKusername
- smb://itksrv1.ad.ilstu.edu/progs
- Click Connect.
- Enter the correct user name and password when prompted to do so.
- For itksrv5 enter your IT user name and password.
- For itksrv1 enter your ULID and password.
The network share you connected to will mount in Finder.
How to Get Help
- Technical assistance is available through the Technology Support Center at (309) 438-4357, by email at SupportCenter@IllinoisState.edu, or by Live Chat at Help.IllinoisState.edu.