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arcturus

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Jul 25, 2008
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Hi guys,
Recently shifted to Mac from Win. Have been trying unsuccessfully to run commands like \\10.x.x.xx which can be done thru Start->Run in windows.
Would appreciate any help.
Thanx
 
Finder > Go > Connect to Server

In Leopard any computers on your network should show up in the finder sidebar automatically so you could just click the icon. Thats if I understand what you are trying to do.
 
Quicksilver is an application launcher, not a command line prompt.

Go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal

That's the UNIX command line prompt in OS X.
 
Hi guys,
Recently shifted to Mac from Win. Have been trying unsuccessfully to run commands like \\10.x.x.xx which can be done thru Start->Run in windows.
Would appreciate any help.
Thanx

command K is a great shortcut for this kind of 'connect to' whatever you're doing.

You'll probably need to type smb:// in front of it if it's a windows share.
 
got it!

Thanx everyone!! got it thru Connect to Server and starting the url with smb
 
Help.

Ok, Now im having the same problem. I type in smb// But it does nothing when I type in the address. I dont know what Im doing wrong here. Help would greatly be appreciated.
 
trying to access VPN connection

Hi, i normally work from home and have recently moved to Mac, i have to connect to a vpn connection and i would normally go to run in windows and enter mstsc, in the window that used to popup i would enter the machine name that i have to connect to. Obviously prior to this i am connected to the vpn through netextender but am unable to reach this particular machine, can somebody please help me with this. I have tried using smb://mstsc in Terminal and connect to server already, have also tried entering the url smb://vCRMDEV01 but no success as of now. Please let me know if anybody is unclear about the question.
 
Hi, i normally work from home and have recently moved to Mac, i have to connect to a vpn connection and i would normally go to run in windows and enter mstsc, in the window that used to popup i would enter the machine name that i have to connect to. Obviously prior to this i am connected to the vpn through netextender but am unable to reach this particular machine, can somebody please help me with this. I have tried using smb://mstsc in Terminal and connect to server already, have also tried entering the url smb://vCRMDEV01 but no success as of now. Please let me know if anybody is unclear about the question.

It sounds like you're trying to connect to a Windows machine on the vpn. Have you tried using Remote Desktop Connection? It's a free download from Microsoft. It'll avoid you having to try the MSTSC (I'm assuming that's the old MS Terminal Services Client). Just connect to your vpn as you are now, then type in the machine name or IP when you start up RDC. It's pretty simple.
 
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