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Connecting to Network Drives and File Servers

Connecting to Network Drives and File Servers

ITS maintains network drives and file servers to store research and departmental data.  This page contains instructions for connecting these drives to your computer.  

If on wifi or accessing from off-campus, you must connect to VPN.

Windows (college-owned)

  1. Right-click Windows icon in the bottom-left corner

  2. Go to Run

  3. In the box, type \\<name of server>.swarthmore.edu

Windows (personal computer)

  1. Right-click Windows icon in the bottom-left corner

  2. Go to Run

  3. In the box, type \\<name of server>.swarthmore.edu

  4. Log onto server with your Swarthmore credentials

    1. Type your user name as garnet\<your user name>

macOS (college-owned or personal)

  1. Click Finder

  2. Click on Go in the top menu bar

  3. Click Go to Server in the drop-down list

  4. In the Server Address box, type smb://<name of server>.swarthmore.edu

  5. Type garnet\<your user name> and your Swarthmore password when prompted

  6. Click connect





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Ways you can contact ITS or find information:

ITS Support Portal: https://support.swarthmore.edu
Email: support@swarthmore.edu
Phone: x4357 (HELP) or 610-328-8513
Check out our remote resources at https://swatkb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/remote/overview
Check our homepage at https://swarthmore.edu/its