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In order to access the McNair Center resources, you generally need to be on the Rice network. Exceptions to this include accessing the dbase and webserver by ssh, and accessing the webserver (including the wiki) through the web. To access all other resources, you need to be connected in one of three ways:

#By a wired ethernet connection on the Rice campus, including through wired workstations at the McNair Center

#From off-campus (or through Rice Vistor, etc.) but through the VPN. Connection details are available here: https://docs.rice.edu/confluence/display/ITDIY/Connecting+to+the+Rice+network+with+VPN

To connect to the RDP Server, you will need a user account on the RDP server. If you don't have one, see Ed.

# Go to the Start menu and search for and then open the "Remote Desktop Connection" application

# In the new window, enter the RDP machine's IP address (128.42.44.182) into the text box labeled "Computer"

# You should now be able to access the RDP machine from the resulting window

# To connect from Mac to Windows, download the [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12&ls=1 Microsoft Remote Desktop App] off the Mac App store.

# Save the remote desktop and you should be able to access it from the Microsoft Remote Desktop App.

To map to a network drive, you will need a user account on the RDP server. If you don't have one, see Ed.

# Open File Explorer on your PC and click "This PC"

# You should be able to see the network drive on your computer now.

# Go into the OS X Finder and hit Command+K which should bring up the "Connect to Server" menu.

# The drive should now appear on your Finder menu sidebar.

You can map the database server's drive in the same way that you map the bulk drive on the RDP server. The details are:

You can connect the database server from your laptop or from the RDP. For connecting from the RDP, follow the connection for connecting from windows.

*Download putty.exe (its free)

*Password: 9million

*Open a terminal

*Same username and password as above

Change directory to your project's directory and the open a connection to the dbase server: