Mapping network drives

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If you right click on my computer, there is an option there to map a network
drive.

I have a website that I ftp data to all the time. Is there a way that I can
map a drive letter to this ftp site (eg ftp://domain.com) using my username
and password so that I can copy files to a drive letter to upload rather
then using ftp?

thx

 

[Guest]

Would this work
http://www.freewarereview.info/2007...tures_like_virtual_explorer-style_drives.html

 

[Patrick Keenan]

If you right click on my computer, there is an option there to map a
network drive.

I have a website that I ftp data to all the time. Is there a way that I
can map a drive letter to this ftp site (eg ftp://domain.com) using my
username and password so that I can copy files to a drive letter to upload
rather then using ftp?

thx

You can't quite map a network drive this way.

But you *can*, however use NetDrive (by Novell) to do this - do a search for
it. It will allow you to assign a mappable drive letter to an FTP location.

It does work... and for some things, it works *great*, but for others...
you'll hit a wall. Simple copying and synch? No problem, if you're the
only user.

I investigated ths in the context of storing a data fle for a multi/user
booking billing program. It relies on FTP and local internet speeds, so I
found that it took abotu 5-10 minutes to prepare the file, which was only 20
meg at the time - now it's over 60 - and about 10 minutes to detach from it.
This was so discouraging that I didn't bother seeing what the multi-user
effects would have been,.

If it's just you putting sutff up on the site, NetDrive can be what you
need. Free, too, IIRC
http://www.acs.uwosh.edu/novell/netdrive.htm

HTH
-pk

 

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Thank you, I'm going to give this app a try

You can't quite map a network drive this way.

But you *can*, however use NetDrive (by Novell) to do this - do a search
for it. It will allow you to assign a mappable drive letter to an FTP
location.

It does work... and for some things, it works *great*, but for others...
you'll hit a wall. Simple copying and synch? No problem, if you're the
only user.

I investigated ths in the context of storing a data fle for a multi/user
booking billing program. It relies on FTP and local internet speeds, so I
found that it took abotu 5-10 minutes to prepare the file, which was only
20 meg at the time - now it's over 60 - and about 10 minutes to detach
from it. This was so discouraging that I didn't bother seeing what the
multi-user effects would have been,.

If it's just you putting sutff up on the site, NetDrive can be what you
need. Free, too, IIRC
http://www.acs.uwosh.edu/novell/netdrive.htm

HTH
-pk