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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.