LITS Resource Center

OSX 10.6 and newer

1.) Choose Go in the Finder menu.

2.) Choose Connect to Server...

3.) To connect to:

• Academics (academics.hamilton.edu), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu/Academics then click on Connect.
• Students (students.hamilton.edu), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu/Students then click on Connect.
• People (people.hamilton.edu), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu/People then click on Connect.

4a.) An Authentication window will appear.

• Hamilton employees, enter Hamilton-d\{username} for the Name
• Hamilton students, enter Hamilton-s\{username} for the Name

4b.) Enter your network Password, then click Connect to connect.
 

OSX 10.5

1.) From the Menu bar, choose Go

2.) Choose Connect to Server...

3.) To connect to:

• WWW (the main Hamilton site), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu:139/hamilton then click on Connect.
• Academics (academics.hamilton.edu), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu:139/Academics then click on Connect.
• Students (students.hamilton.edu), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu:139/Students then click on Connect.
• People (people.hamilton.edu), on the address line, type in smb://canopus-fs.hamilton.edu/People then click on Connect.

4a.) An Authentication window will appear.

•  Hamilton employees, enter Hamilton-d\username for the Name
•  Hamilton students, enter Hamilton-s\username for the Name

4b.) Enter your network Password, then click Connect to connect.

OSX 10.4

OSX 10.4 users cannot connect to polaris using the standard on-campus methods.  Please follow the instructions for FTP.