This document will help you set up your Windows XP or Mac OS X computer to use network printers and filesystems. It assumes you are already familiar with Windows and how to add a printer, or familiar with OS X’s System Preferences. Currently, ECE/CIS uses two Samba servers: smb1.eecis for research accounts, and smb1.acad.ece (or equivalently smb1.acad.cis) for academic accounts. As a result, the following instructions vary slightly between research users and academic users. If you are unfamiliar with the differences between ECE/CIS accounts, there is a simple way to test which type of account you have. Try to ssh into stimpy.eecis.udel.edu. If you are able to do so, then you have a research account. If not, you may likely have an acad (academic) account. Please note: laptops that connect to the network via acad wireless should be configured following the acad set of instructions, even if the user has a research account. If you require any more assistance than this document provides, please contact ECE/CIS Labstaff via the Help Request System.

Important Note: To access samba you will need to be connected to the EECIS network. If you’re at home or are using UDEL Wifi you can use VPN to access the EECIS network.

Single User Windows PCs

To set your PC to directly access home directories, printers

Network Disk:

1. Mounting your Samba share

   1. Right-click on «My Computer» and select «Map Network Drive»
   2. Select the Windows drive letter you’d like to use. (The ECE/CIS labs use M: for the software network share, and N: for your personal network share) Check the box if you want the drive to be mounted each time you logon to the network from this PC.
   3. Click the «Browse» button, and navigate down through «Entire Network» -> «Microsoft Windows Network» -> «ECECIS» -> «SMB1», or «Entire Network» -> «Microsoft Windows Network» -> «ECECIS» -> «SMB1.acad» for acad accounts, then select the foldername you would like to mount.
   4. You should see \\smb1.eecis.udel.edu\FOLDERNAME \\smb1.acad.{ece,cis}.udel.edu\FOLDERNAME in the selection window now. Click OK to confirm.
   5. The filesystem should be mounted once the login/pw is authenticated.
   6. The filesystem is available on Solaris systems at /samba/<username>
      

2. Mounting Samba to access your web page

   1. Open any explorer window and type \\smb-www.eecis.udel.edu in the location bar
   2. Locate the share you want to mount, right click it, and select «Map Network Drive»
   3. Select the Windows drive letter you’d like to use. (The ECE/CIS labs use M: for the software network share, and N: for your personal network share) Check the box if you want the drive to be mounted each time you logon to the network from this PC.
   4. You should see \\SMB-WWW.EECIS.UDEL.EDU\FOLDERNAME in the selection window now. Click OK to confirm.
   5. The filesystem should be mounted once the login/pw is authenticated.
   6. The filesystem is available on Solaris systems at /samba/<username>

Single User Mac (OS X 10.4+)

Networked Filesystem:

1. Mounting your Samba share

   1. With Finder open, click Go, then Connect to Server.. (or press Apple-K in Finder)
   2. Type smb://smb1.eecis.udel.edu (research) or smb://smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu (acad) in the address and click okay.
   3. Workgroup or Domain should be ECECIS
   4. Name and password should be your SAMBA username and password
   5. Your share can be accessed in the sidebar and from the desktop
      

2. Mounting Samba to access your web page

   1. In Finder, click Go then Connect to Server (or press Apple-K)
      
   2. Type smb://smb-www.eecis.udel.edu (research) or smb://smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu (acad) in the Server Address field. Click connect.
      
   3. Connect as Registered User with your SAMBA username and password
      
   4. The folder can be accessed in Finder, click Go then Computer

Multi-User PC

To set your PC to login to the samba domain (to access home directories, printers)

You may have to add a WINS server to your PC to join the domain. (Control Panel -> Network -> (right click) interface, select properties -> TCP/IP properties -> Advanced) Use the address of the SAMBA server (currently 128.4.31.208) as the WINS server.

Windows Vista

In order to access printers and home directories, you must first create a local user with the same username/password as you use for SAMBA:

1. Log onto the system as an Administrator account
2. From the Start Menu, open the Control Panel.
3. Switch to Classic View
4. Choose «User Accounts»
5. Select «Manage another account»
6. Then, «Create a New Account» - fill in the «User name» as your SAMBA username
7. After user was created, click on the user and add a password - make sure the password is your SAMBA password.
8. Log out and login as the new user

Next, you must add printers:

1. Go to the Start Menu and click «My Computer»
2. Type in the windows explorer prompt \\smb1.acad.ece.udel.edu
3. This will ask for the username and password, make sure they are both the SAMBA username and password
4. Right click on the printers your want to connect to and select «Connect»
5. Click «OK» to get through the warning message
6. Use the «HP LaserJet 8100 Series PS» printer driver as the printer driver. («HP Color LaserJet 9500 PS» for color printer)
7. Click «OK» to accept the printer
8. You should be able to print to the printers that were installed.

Note to Vista users: To print to duplex printers, you should perform the following steps:

1. Go to the Control Panel and double click on «Printers».
2. Look for the printer you want to print duplex (the printer needs to have that feature), right-click on it and go to properties.
3. Select the «Device Settings» tab, and look for the option «duplex unit». Make sure it says «installed» and click the Apply button.
4. Now go to the «Advanced» tab and click the «Printing Defaults» button, which will open a new window.
5. Pick the «Finishing» tab and mark the box «Print Both Sides».
6. Click «OK» or «Accept» to close those windows.