Follow the instructions below to access engineering network resources on your personal machine. To access engineering resources, you will need to be connected to the engineering network. You are connected to the engineering network in the engineering building, in an engineering research facility, or if you are connected to the engineering VPN. Instructions for connecting to the engineering VPN can be found in the Configure OpenVPN Connect page.

  1. Select Finder from your dock (at the bottom of the screen).
    macOS Dock showing a row of application icons. The Finder icon (blue face on white) is active at the far left, with a tooltip reading "Finder" visible above it.
  2. In Finder, click on Go and then on Connect to Server.
    macOS Finder menu bar with the Go menu open. "Connect to Server…" is highlighted at the bottom of the menu
  3. In the Server Address box, type smb://filer1.egr.msu.edu/share, where "share" comes from the list below. If you wish to access your M: drive, replace "share" with your engineering username.
    macOS "Connect to Server" dialog with the address field containing "smb://filer1.egr.msu.edu/sparty"
  4. You will then be asked to authenticate to the network. Under the Name field enter EGR\yourusername, similar to EGR\Sparty shown below. Enter your engineering password in the password field.
    macOS authentication dialog prompting for credentials to connect to "filer1.egr.msu.edu". "Registered User" is selected.
  5. After connecting to the drive, you can access your files through the shortcut on the desktop, in the Locations tab in Finder, or in the Computer tab in finder. The office drive has been used as an example in the image below.
    macOS Finder window showing the computer view with four items: a 16 GB drive, Macintosh HD, Network, and a network share labeled "office" highlighted with a red border.

Drive Specific Instructions

M: Drive

  • Access your engineering M: drive on your own computer.
  • Server address: smb://filer1.egr.msu.edu/username
  • "username" is your engineering username

Office Directory

  • Office is shared space setup for departmental groups
  • Server address: smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/dfs/office
  • Specific department addresses:
    • ECE - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-ece/ECE
    • CEE - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-cee/CEE
    • ME - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-me/ME
    • CMSE - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-chems/CMSE
    • DER - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-dean/DER
    • NCPP - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-cee/NCPP
    • Publications - csmbfs://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-dean/PUBS
    • ChEMS/CMSC - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-chems
    • EGR DEV - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-dev/EGRDEV
    • UGS - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-ugs/UGS
    • Recruitment - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-ugs/Recruitment
    • DPO - smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/office-ugs/DPO

Research Directory

  • Research is shared space setup for various research groups
  • Server address: smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/research

Web Directory

  • Web is shared space for various groups dedicated for web sites
  • Server address: smb://cifs.egr.msu.edu/web
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