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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department

Mapping your T: and U: drives

The WEC department has network file storage for multiple uses. Our T: Drive is used for shared documents and lab folders. Our U: drive is your personal folder for file storage. If you are a new student and wish to have a U: Drive folder setup, please send an email to Tom Barnash to request one.

These directions are for Windows 10, Mac OSX directions are here.

Mapping the T: Drive

  1. If you are using a personal laptop, you must connect to the UF network using the VPN software before mapping to a drive or accessing a shared printer. You can obtain the Cisco VPN software and directions on the UF VPN website here.
  2. Open File Explorer from the taskbar (the folder icon) or the Start  menu (in the Windows System Folder), or press the Windows logo key  + E.
  3. Right click This PC from the left pane, and select Map network drive from the menu.vpn directions this pc
  4. You will see the following window appear:
    vpn directions map drive
  5. For the Drive letter, select T:
  6. For the folder, put this address: \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\wec\Groups\ and hit finish.
  7. You will be prompted for your Gatorlink username and password, you need to use the format UFAD\username in the username box, and your gatorlink password for the password.vpn directions login box

Mapping the U: Drive

The steps for mapping the U: drive are identical; select U for the drive letter, and the folder address is \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\wec\users\username, where username is your Gatorlink login name.