Accessing BYU’s Basic Netstorage

Employees and students are provided with 20 MB of personal file storage space on a University server. The following article provides information regarding using this product with a Mac.

There are two ways to access your Basic Netstorage. You may either mount your directory in the Finder or use a web-based file brower.

To mount the drive, you must know the address and path of your personal directory. As all of the directories are spread across three servers, determining the path to yours is as simple as narrowing it down between the following three options…

• afp://byu-labs-data1/nebraska.data1/users//
• afp://byu-labs-data2/ohio.data2/users//
• afp://byu-labs-data3/texas.data3/users//

You may try these addresses and/or actually log in once you have determined your address by…

1. Selecting “Connect to Server…” (cmd+K) from the Go menu
2. Entering “afp://…” for the server address
3. Clicking “Connect”

Note: You can “bookmark” this address in the Connect to Server dialogue by clicking the add (small plus symbol) buttom.

An alternate solution to playing trial and error to determine the address of your personal directory, is to use a utility written by Devin Asay. It is a small application that will connect to BYU’s LDAP server, determine the path to your directory, initiate an authentication dialogue, and mount the drive for you. It can be downloaded here.

Note: You may only mount this drive from within the campus network.

To access Basic Netstorage via the web-based file browser, load “http://netstorage.byu.edu” in a web browser. A dialogue will appear, requiring your Route Y username and passphrase and then you will be taken to an interface where you may upload, download, and browse through your files. This web-based client is accessible anywhere you have an internet connect, including locations off campus.

Note: Network File Storage no longer supports Web publishing. Please refer to our article on the Web Publishing product to learn how to make your home page and other Web-related files accessible on the Internet.