Mapping a drive remotely

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This is for test purposes only so security is not a issue.
Need to be able to map a directory where the 2 end points are via WAN
What is needed other then being on the same group ?
so that one node could see another across the WAN and be able to map a
subdirectory of drive ?

Need top be able to to simple copy of files from each end node for test
purposes.

Each LAN is on a different IP address and of course WAN is connect to both
LANs via routers.

Thanks, JR
 
lan/wan/man is transparent to the OS. If you can access the remote pc,
mapping a drive is just like you would do anywhere else.

You still have to provide whatever local to that pc security credencials to
map/assess the share.
 
If you can ping the IP address of a remote machine, you should be able to
map a drive:

net use X: \\<IPaddress>\sharename.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
Doug thanks for the replay,

I have the PCs using Win2000 and they all are part of the same "workgroup"
If I go into my networks and look what PCs are seen, the 2 I have remotely
are not seen either as local or if I click on Entire network
Are you saying the only way to map a remote drive is via DOS ?

Thanks, JR
 
You cannot see PCs on the other side of a WAN connection in "My network
Places". You'll have to use th IP address. From the command line try this:

net use X: \\ipaddress\share

where X: is the drive letter you want to use for the mapping and
\\ipaddress\share is the ip address and share name of the folder you want to
map to.

....kurt
 
Thanks Kurt
I tried that but get an error saying network name not found

Is Net use for MS or is this for Novell mapping ?
I am not using Novell

I can ping the IP address with no problem

JR
 
Net use is a Windows thing, not specifically Novell. Are you using the
backslashes "\\"? Forward slashes "//"won't work. Can you ping the IP
address you are trying to connect to?

.....kurt
 
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