Connecting to your Freedom server's Samba services from a Microsoft Windows PC is generally a simple task, but depending on the networking setup of your PC, it may take a little extra effort. You must have the ""Client for Microsoft Networking"" installed in your Windows Networking setup in order to use Samba.
The Freedom User Tutorials documentation contains step-by-step instructions for connecting to the Samba service that are designed to work from a variety of different Windows operating systems (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows ME). If you need further assistance with configuring your Windows environment or using Samba, please consult the Freedom User Tutorials.
NOTE: The Windows 2000 operating system does not allow you to map a drive to your server.
To access the Samba service on Windows 2000, you must click Start -> Run from your PC and enter the following text, where IPNUMBER is the actual IP address of your Freedom server:
\\IPNUMBER
You are then prompted for the username and password to connect as. Enter a valid username and password associated with your server.
In most cases, you can simply select ""Map Network Drive"" from the Tools menu in Windows Explorer. After doing so, a pop-up Window like the one below will appear:
Select an available drive letter from the Drive drop down box. Then, enter one of the following as the Path:
If you are connecting to the ""root"" share, use the path \\domain\root, where domain is the domain name of your Freedom server.
If you are connecting to your own home directory, use the path \\domain\username, where domain is the domain name of your Freedom server and username is your username on the server.
Then click OK. After a moment, another pop-up window will appear asking you to provide the password that is associated with your username on the server.
NOTE: Some Windows operating systems allow you to log into a Network Drive as a different username than you are currently logged into Windows with, while others do not. If you cannot login as the desired username on the server, you may need to create a user profile on your Windows PC with the desired login name and connect from that profile.
If successful, a window will then appear containing the contents of the Samba share you have connected to, and it will be available to your Windows applications as the drive letter you selected in the previous step.