This section is intended to aide in the connection to the servers at the School of Architecture and Planning from ANY computer in ANY location.

Read-only access:

Windows XP and Vista:

1. Open any browser of your choice and type into the address bar:
   
   For I:\ drive: https://arpl-4.ap.buffalo.edu/UBit username
   (replace UBit username with your UBit username assigned to you by the university)
   
   For S:\ drive: https://arpl-3.ap.buffalo.edu/share
   


2. When prompted for a username and password type in:
   
   username: UBit username
   password: your UBit password
   
   
3. Click OK.

The screen the appears will be the contents of your I:\ drive. You can now click on to view images or click on and download files that would not normally be viewed in the browser that you are using.

Read and write access:

If it is your intention to upload files to and from the server, you must follow these steps:

Windows XP users:

1. Open My network places either by double clicking on the icon on the desktop or navigating to the icon from the Start Button.
2. Click on the Add a network place option on the left hand side of the My network places window. The Add a network place wizard will appear.
3. Click Next. The wizard will take a few moments to "gather some information from your internet provider".
4. Click on "Choose another network location" and click on the next button.
5. In the Internet or network address window type in the address from above that you wish to connect to and click the next button.
6. An authentication window will appear. Enter your username and password as described above. Place a check mark in the "Remember my password" box. Click OK.
7. Click Next and Finish.

Windows Vista users:

1. Click on the Start button. Right click on Computer and select Map Network Drive.
2. Once the Map Network Drive window appears, click on the Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures.
3. The Add Network Location wizard will launch. Click Next.
4. At the next screen that appears, select the Choose a custom network location option and click Next.
5. At the next screen that appears, enter the following in the box for Internet and network address:
   
   https://arpl-4.ap.buffalo.edu/username
   
   and then click Next.
6. At the next screen that appears, enter a description into the Type a name for this network location. You may leave the default desrcition in the box or type something that you will remember and click Next.
7. When prompted, enter AD\username and pasword when prompted. Click Finsih on the final window.
8. This new location will appear under Computer when completed.

For MAC OS X users:

Please note that in order to use this feature, it is required of you to be using Mac OS 10.4 or greater.

1. In the Finder, choose Go > Connect To Server.

2. Type the following address of the server in the Server Address field:

   I:\ - smb://arpl-4.ap.buffalo.edu/username$
   
3. Click Connect. If a dialogue box appears requiring some log in information then make sure that you type:
   Domain: AD
   Username: your UBit username
   Password: your UBit password

You can now download and upload data to and from your I:\ or S:\ drive.