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October 14, 1999 12:00 AM

How can I map to an FTP server as a drive?

John Savill
Windows IT Pro
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A. Its possible to configure a machine to map to a FTP server as a drive (for instance the Microsoft site) providing the machine runs both NetBEUI and TCP/IP. Perform the following:

  1. Perform a NSLOOKUP for the FTP site, e.g.
    nslookup 
    ftp.microsoft.com

    make a note of the IP address
  2. Edit the LMHOSTS file (in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc)
  3. Add line
    <ip address> MicrosoftFTP #PRE

    e.g. 207.46.133.140 MicrosoftFTP #PRE
  4. Save the file
  5. Open a CMD.EXE session. Enter command:
    nbtstat -R

    This purges and reloads the name table cache
  6. Type command:
    net view <a href="file://MicrosoftFTP">\\MicrosoftFTP</a>

    You should see information on the site
  7. Now map a drive (to share data)
    net use * <a href="file://MicrosoftFTP/data">\\MicrosoftFTP\data</a> /user:anonymous
  8. All done. It will pass a drive letter for the connection

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  • hans
    2 years ago
    Jun 01, 2010

    you waste my time, idiot, nothing else...

  • Ali
    5 years ago
    Jul 11, 2007

    hello , i tried it but its not working ????!!!!!!!
    can someone say it in steps again to find whats wrong with my steps ... ?

  • Gary
    6 years ago
    Jan 09, 2006

    NetDrive is not free. I received the following from Novell Customer support on January 9, 2006:

    You must have purchased or purchase Netware 6 or iFolder in order to use Novell NetDrive. Call me if you need further help and we can connect you with a Tech Specialist.

    Regards,
    Melissa

    Melissa Niu
    Government Inside Sales
    Novell, Inc.
    http://www.novell.com
    mniu@novell.com
    (801) 861-1618 phone
    (801) 861-6317 fax

  • GadgetGuru
    7 years ago
    Oct 20, 2005

    Here's an article you might find helpful: http://blog.gadgetgurutech.com/2005/10/14/mapftp/

  • Anonymous User
    7 years ago
    Aug 25, 2005

    NetDrive works fine on a Win 2000 Pro laptop mapping to TYPSoft FTP server. Apparently these are both freeware.
    http://www.acs.uwosh.edu/novell/netdrive.htm
    http://wizyo.sytes.net/

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