On a campus PC, your personal network volume is associated with drive M. On a campus Mac running OS 10.3, your personal network volume appears in Finder windows and application Open and Save dialog boxes..
Many faculty, staff, and students are interested in accessing their personal network volumes from home or another remote location. In fact, all you need is Internet access and Internet Explorer on a Windows PC or an FTP application (PC or Mac). Note that the Netscape browser is not recommended for this operation. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the process used on the Internet for logging into a remote system (i.e. the campus network) and transferring files back and forth from that location.
Unfortunately, neither Internet Explorer or Safari works for accessing your files remotely on a Macintosh. Your only option is to use an FTP application. Fetch v3 is a little freeware FTP program for Macintosh that works very well. We have made both Fetch and the free Windows FTP application WS_FTP LE available on CIT's software download page under the FTP section. http://www.uwgb.edu/compserv/software/downloads
Please be aware that you cannot access files stored on the local hard drive of your campus computer or files stored on other network volumes to which you have been granted access with this method.
You can access files on your personal campus network volume with an FTP application such as WS_FTP LE 6.0 (PC) or Fetch (Mac). Instructions for using these programs are located within Ehelp under the FTP section. You can also use the FTP program that comes with Windows.
First of all, connect to your Internet Service Provider. If you have a DSL or Cable Modem connection, you are always connected when your machine is turned on. You may be immediately prompted with a logon screen after you run the FTP application. If not, there is always a command such as Connect or Open to log into a remote location. To log into the UW-Green Bay campus network, use the following settings:
HOST Name/Address Students: fpsb.uwgb.edu
HOST Name/Address for faculty or staff: fpsa.uwgb.edu
NOTE: In any examples below - if you are a student use "fpsb" when called for; faculty and staff would substitute "fpsa" for the server name.User ID: uwgreenbay\username (where username is your campus network logon name i.e. smithja23; the uwgreenbay prefix is critical)
Password: enter your campus network/email password (if you leave this blank, you'll be prompted for it)
After you have successfully connected, the FTP application will typically
list the files and folders at the remote location. You can then change folders
to get to the files you need. Each application works a little differently.
Some less user-friendly applications (like FTP that comes with Windows)
require you to type line commands. Here's an example using WS_FTP_LE 6.0:
When you locate the file(s) you want, download them to your local/home computer. When you're finished, you can upload them back to your UW-Green Bay network volume. You might need to re-establish your FTP connection; it sometimes disconnects if it's been inactive for several minutes.
To open a file from home on a PC using Internet Explorer, first connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). (If you have a DSL or Cable Modem connection, you are always connected when your machine is on.) Enter the following URL into the location or address box near the top of the screen: ftp://uwgreenbay\username@fpsb.uwgb.edu where username is your campus network logon.
For example, a student John Smith, would enter ftp://uwgreenbay\smithja23@fpsb.uwgb.edu. A faculty or staff member would use the fpsa server and would look similar to the following: ftp://uwgreenbay\theyerlp@fpsa.uwgb.edu. You will be prompted for your network password; enter it in the appropriate textbox. If you want to include your password in the URL listed above so you are not prompted for it, you can enter the following address: ftp://uwgreenbay\username:password@fpsb.uwgb.edu where username is your campus logon username and password is your campus network password.
Once logged in, you will see a listing of your files and folders. You may double-click on files and folders to open them in a browser window. If you wish to work on a file, you should save the file locally (on your home computer) by dragging it out of your browser window to your desktop or local drive. (You may need to click the Restore Down button in the upper right corner of the window to make it smaller.) When you're ready to upload a file back to your UW-Green Bay account, save it, close it and drag the file onto the appropriate folder in your active Web browser window. You might need to reestablish your Internet connection if it disconnected.
Note that a Web browser might retain your password in its History folder. To clear the History folder in Internet Explorer on a PC, go to the Tools menu and select Internet Options. In the General tab under History, click Clear History.You do not have to log off in any way when you are finished. Just exit your browser or FTP program to disconnect.