Mapping Drives with Fortinet on Macs

What if you have everything you need except your data or files? 

Or, you want to work on your Mac and access your personal network storage, or shared folders?

Network drives include your own personal H: drive, or shared project or administrative folders, which on Windows computers reside on P: and W:, respectively. You can log in to Western ROAMs using Fortinet, connect to your network drives, and then work with them locally. You don't need to use Microsoft Remote Desktop to get connected.

Setting up Your Local Computer

In order to access computing resources at Western from off-campus, you are required to log in to Western ROAMs using Fortinet at remote.uwo.ca. These instructions assume that you have already applied for and been granted Western ROAMS access, and that you have installed and configured Fortinet.

Connect to Fortinet

Note: You can skip this step if you are working on campus.

  • Launch Fortinet from your Applications menu
  • In the Forticlient window, click the Connect button.

 Remote Access Connect

  •  You will be prompted to log in.

Connecting Network Drives

Once ROAMs is running, you can connect to Western network drives directly from your local computer.

The paths for the network drives are as follows: 

  • Faculty/Staff/Grad Personal Network Storage (H:) drive is smb://ssc-venus.uwo.pri/sschome$/username where username is your Western username.
  • Course Library L: drive is smb://ssclibrary.ssc.uwo.ca/userlib
  • Project folders normally on P: are smb://ssc-venus.uwo.pri/sscprojects$
  • Administrative folders normally on W: are smb://ssc-venus.uwo.pri/sscadmin$
  • Check with your IT Support person regarding mapped drives on other servers.

Connect a Drive

  • Choose Finder > Go > Connect to Server. Enter the path from the list above in the following format: smb://ssc-venus.uwo.pri/sschome$/username

Mac Connect to Server

  • A login screen will appear and the login name for your Mac will be prefilled. Change the Name to username@uwo.ca (where username is your Western username) and enter your Western account password.
  • A window will open showing the contents of the drive that you have just connected.
  • You can connect a second drive by returning to the Connect to Server window and clicking the plus + in the bottom left corner.
  • A new icon representing your connected network drive should appear in the Finder window for your computer and the server will be listed under Locations.

MacConnectedDr.png

Disconnect Network Drives

Open a Finder window. In the left margin under Locations, click on the eject button beside the ssc-venus server name. That will eject all drives mapped to ssc-venus. If you have drives mapped to another server, you will need to eject those drives too.

Finder Window Eject

Disconnect from Fortinet

You can skip this step if you are working on campus and did not connect to Fortinet.

In the Fortinet window, click the Disconnect button.

I Remote Access Disconnect

Note:You may need to adjust some of your firewall settings in order to map drives to Western servers while using Western ROAMs

If you need assistance with the items discussed on this web page, please contact SSTS.