KB450446 - Connecting to SMB Share on Windows and MacOS

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Bailey Allison

Scope/Description

This article will show how to connect to our SMB shares on Windows and MacOS clients.

Prerequisites

SMB share configured on our server.

Steps

Connecting to SMB Share on Windows

On a Windows client, go to This PC in File Explorer.
Select Map network drive.

In this menu, enter the server IP address in the following format \\SERVER-IP\SHARE-NAME and select Connect using different credentials.

Enter the login to connect to the SMB share.

Here we can see our SMB share is connected, and we can create a folder.

Connecting to SMB Share on MacOS

At the toolbar on the top of the screen, press Go and then "Connect to Server...".

In the address bar, enter smb://SERVER-IP/SHARE and click Connect. We can also select the plus at the bottom to save this information if we need to reconnect.

Enter the login to connect to the SMB share.

Here we can see our SMB share is connected, and we can create a folder.

Verification

We are able to map our SMB share, and have the correct access given our share configuration.

Troubleshooting

Ensure the SMB share is configured correctly on the server.
Ensure the client machine can communicate to the server.

Further Reading