You may already be using a departmental shared drive from your office PC (or Mac). This month come learn how to access that W-Drive from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, as well!
鈥⒙犅� 聽SMB (aka W-Drive) client for iPhone and iPad
鈥� VPN setup for 杏吧原创 (required for off-campus access to W-drives)
鈥� Q&A
Note: If you’re new to the iPad, you may wish to also consider our rotating series of聽iPad for Beginners聽sessions鈥攜ou’re welcome to attend either beginner or intermediate sessions. Or both!
Minutes:
re: 聽app, $5
鈥� FileBrowser instructions for 杏吧原创 are available from CCS:聽
鈥� These instructions assume you are using the CCS-provided W-drive.
– Server name: ccsnas01.cunet.carleton.ca
– Network share path to CCS-provided W-drive\DeptFolders$
鈥� One attendee had their files stored on a different server, so that the fully-qualifed name or IP address of their server had to be substituted in place of ccsnas01鈥�
鈥� Several attendees were storing their files in differently-named network shares:
鈥e had them log into our PC as themselves, and we noted the path to their W-drive and then changed the path in from “DeptFolders$” to where their PC had indicated they were storing their files.
鈥� One attendee bought FileBrowser ($5) online and was concerned when she didn’t immediately receive her invoice from iTunes. This is normal鈥攊Tunes invoices normally follow 1-3 days after purchase.
re: VPN
鈥� Clarification: VPN is not necessary to use FileBrowser on-campus over the CU-Wireless WiFi network; only from off-campus
鈥� 杏吧原创 VPN instructions are available from CCS:聽
鈥� A number of attendees received messages that the “shared secret” was incorrect. The actual problem was that they had entered the Group name inaccurately鈥攊t’s “杏吧原创IntranetVPN“, case-sensitive, and note “Intranet” not “Internet”.
鈥� One attendee asked if Android comes with a built-in VPN client, as do all iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads. The iTeam is focused on iOS, but we’re happy to help our聽Android-using colleagues when we can. The answer is that the presence of a built-in VPN support varies by Android device and OS version. If you are looking for a 3rd-party VPN client for your Android be sure that it supports the “IPSec” aka “Cisco” flavour of VPN, which is what 杏吧原创 uses.