Connecting to the U: drive from your laptops:
- Novell (for Windows machines, with a network connection - either with Ethernet cable or Tigernet wireless)
If you have a Windows machine, then you should have/can get Novell on it where you can log into Clemson’s network, giving you access to the U: drive and also to the S: drive (Share drive, where the software that you can get is located; you can also access software at
If you don’t have Novell on your Windows computer, you can get it from and you should be able to download it and get it installed yourself (I’ve never had to do that, but it looks like you are able to do that yourself?? If not, bring it to CCIT and they can install it on your computer).
- iuadmin (for both Windows and Macs, on or off campus)
This allows you to log into your University account and have access to the U: drive and the S: drives through the web browser window. When you click on that link and the page comes up, go to “Access Your Resources” (1/2 way down on the left sidebar) to log in, and then you’ll see the U: drive on the next page. Click on the U: drive, and then you’ll see folders/files – you can navigate through the folders to where you need to be.
To Upload a file, scroll to the bottom of the screen, click on “Choose File”, then find the file on your computer that you want to upload, then click on “Upload File”.
To download a file from your Clemson account to your computer, I think you can just drag and drop from the IUADMIN screen to your desktop.
- netstorage (for both Windows and Macs, on or off campus)
Accessing NETSTORAGE lets you access your account on the U: drive through a web browser window. I tried it and was able to upload a file easily – I was trying to download a file and I’m not sure if it did work or not. But when you are logged in, and navigated to the folder where you are wanting to be, you’ll see a menu bar with “File | Edit | View| Help”, and if you click on “File” you’ll see choices for uploading and downloading.
- on Macs: “Connect to Server” (on campus)
(copy and paste this link in your browser window- doesn't seem to work when you click on it...)
First go to the abovepage and find your server where your files are located. To the right of where is says “Macs:” – highlight and copy that line (where is starts with smb:// …)
Once you find your server and where your files are located, then click somewhere on your desktop on your Mac, so you see the toolbar at the top that has “Go” in it – click on “Go”, then click on “Connect to Server”, the paste that “smb:// … “ that you copied from the above web page and hit enter. Then, enter your userid and password, and that should connect you to the U: drive and you’ll see a window open up with your U: drive contents.
The following page has an explanation with screen shots on how to do this:
- ftp in the browser window
ftp://
Replace the “fred” with your user id, and the “f” with the first letter of your user id. For example, if my id was a student id, mine would look like the following: ftp://
Then you’ll be able to log in and access your account.
OR… you can type in ftp://ftp.netware.clemson.edu on the browser and a box will open up where you can log in. You must use your full user context for your user id, which is .userid.firstletter.students.clemsonu so if your user id is johndoe, then you would type in .johndoe.j.students.clemsonu (don’t forget the period at the beginning).
- WS-FTP program (for Windows, on or off campus)
From the page, you can download a program called “WS-FTP”. This is a really easy program to use to upload and download files back and forth from your computer and your Clemson account as long as you put all the right info in the boxes to log in. Once you get it downloaded and installed, here is the info you need to provide to log in.
When you run in, and open a new session:
for “Profile Name:” - - you can call it whatever you want, like “Clemson” would be a good choice.
for “HostName/Address:” - - type in the box the following: ftp.netware.clemson.edu
for “Host Type:” - - make sure “Automatic detect” is in the box
for “UserID:” - - type in your full user context, which is .userid.firstletter.students.clemsonu so, for example, if your userid is johndoe, it would be .johndoe.j.students.clemsonu (don’t forget the first period at the beginning of the user context)
for “Password:” - - type in your University password
Then you can click on the “OK” button to connect.
Once you are connected, a new window opens up:
On the left side is your computer that you are using. The right hand side is your account at Clemson that you just logged into. You can navigate on either side to the folder/file that you are looking for and send files in either direction either by clicking on the arrow in the middle of the screen (if sending a file from your Clemson account to your computer, highlight the file on the right side and click on the arrow that points to the left, or vice versa). Or it also works by just double-clicking on the file – it will send it to the opposite side into the folder wherever you are located (so if you need to navigate to the right folder, do that first, then double-click on the file).
If this does sound confusing, let me know because it’s actually really easy – I can show you at the end of class one day how to use it.
- Fetch (for Macs, on or off campus)
From the page, you can download a program called “Fetch”. This is a really easy program to use to upload and download files back and forth from your computer and your Clemson account.
With Fetch, you would type the following in to make your connection:
for “Hostname:” - - type in ftp.netware.clemson.edu
for “Username:” - - type in your full user context, which is .userid.firstletter.students.clemsonu so, for example, if your userid is johndoe, it would be .johndoe.j.students.clemsonu (don’t forget the first period at the beginning of the user context)
for “Password:” - - type in your University password
Click on “Connect” and you should be able to connect to your account at Clemson.
The window that opens up just shows your Clemson account – you can click on “Macintosh HD” or open up whichever folder on your laptop that you need in a separate window, then you can drag and drop from either direction.