mapping a drive

hey all,
can someone please show me how to map a network drive thru the command line
tool where the drive will show up when you look in windows explorer?

thanks,
rodchar

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:37:32 -0700, rodchar
<rodchar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>hey all,
>can someone please show me how to map a network drive thru the command line
>tool where the drive will show up when you look in windows explorer?
>
>thanks,
>rodchar

Here's an example that assigns drive letter "d" to the shared folder
named "share", which is located on the computer named "computer":

net use d: \\computer\share

You can substitute other drive letters, share names, and computer
names.

For a description of all the command options, type:

net use /?
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thank you for the help,
rod.

"Steve Winograd" wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:37:32 -0700, rodchar
> <rodchar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >hey all,
> >can someone please show me how to map a network drive thru the command line
> >tool where the drive will show up when you look in windows explorer?
> >
> >thanks,
> >rodchar
>
> Here's an example that assigns drive letter "d" to the shared folder
> named "share", which is located on the computer named "computer":
>
> net use d: \\computer\share
>
> You can substitute other drive letters, share names, and computer
> names.
>
> For a description of all the command options, type:
>
> net use /?
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>

Steve Winograd ha scritto:

> net use d: \\computer\share
>
> You can substitute other drive letters, share names, and computer
> names.


Could this work with a dynamic dns instead than computer name?
Something like this:

net use d: my.ddns.ip\share

Thanks
Marco / iw2nzm

In principle yes, in fact it will work with any form of IP address or name
which indicates a specific computer.

If you intend to do so over the Internet though, be aware that the smb
protocol which this uses is generally not regarded as secure enough for such
purposes. That's where tunneling protocols or VPN come in, by adding an extra
layer of encryption.

"Marco Trapanese" wrote:

> Could this work with a dynamic dns instead than computer name?
> Something like this:
>
> net use d: my.ddns.ip\share

Anteaus ha scritto:

> In principle yes, in fact it will work with any form of IP address or name
> which indicates a specific computer.
>
> If you intend to do so over the Internet though, be aware that the smb
> protocol which this uses is generally not regarded as secure enough for such
> purposes. That's where tunneling protocols or VPN come in, by adding an extra
> layer of encryption.


Ok, I got it.
Thanks for taking the time to answer.

Marco / iw2nzm