Every semester students want to know, how can they get to our server from off campus? There are, of course, several answers to that question.
1) If you have a Mac, start in the Finder and use the “Go” menu to select “connect to server.” The server is howell.jomc.unc.edu. When prompted, enter the same userid and password you use in the lab, and you will get the same list of available shares. If that doesn’t work, here is a flash video on how on Connecting to Howell with a Mac the hard way.
2) If you have a PC and live off-campus, you will need the VPN client, available from shareware.unc.edu, before you can map the drive. Watch this flash video to learn how to configure the VPN and map your network space. http://www.jomc.unc.edu/docs/remoteacc.swf
3) If you have a PC and live on campus, you don’t need the VPN, but the drive mapping instructions are the same as in the video.