Having an AU network/email account allows you to access a personal network space. This space allows you to put your documents in a place that you can access from anywhere on the AU network as well as from home. This will also give you a place to back up important files.

Locating the U Drive:

On Campus:

Window users will automatically connect to their AU user space on JOBS when they Log On the AU Network using your Alfred username and password. Use this space as you would any other drive. If you look in the My Computer icon on your Desktop you will see a "U" Drive with your user name on it .

If you don't automatically connect to the JOBS computer you can manually map a drive to your "U" drive . You must have an active AU network account to access it.

To Map a drive:

On Campus - Windows

Windows

Right Click on Computer
Choose Map Network Drive. You can choose any drive letter but you may want to use U:
Type in the path: \\jobs.alfred.edu\username (username is your AU network user name) When asked for your username and password, you may need to type in alfred\ before your username in the username field. IE: alfred\abc55

• Make sure "Reconnect at Logon" is checked and click "Finish"
  

Off Campus - Windows

Open Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox
In the address field type: udrive.alfred.edu
Hit "return"
Log In

OR:
Use your ftp software
host: jobs.alfred.edu then use your network username and password as the account and password.

On Campus - Mac

Connecting from a Mac OS X

In the Finder select "Go" and then "Connect to Server..."
Type in smb://jobs.alfred.edu/username (username is your AU network user name)
Click "Connect"
Log in
Open drive icon on desktop

Off Campus - Mac

Connecting from a Mac OS X

** Please note: this information has changed; AFP access is no longer supported. **

Open an FTP client (a free OSX FTP Client called Cyberduck can be downloaded at: http://cyberduck.ch/Cyberduck-2.8.dmg) and connect to jobs.alfred.edu/username (username is your AU network user name).