equinux VPN Tracker 8.1.1 - Manual (Page 68)

Accessing Files & Printers over VPN
Using Finder to Connect to File Servers
Secure Desktop or Finder? Your Choice!
Secure Desktop lets you connect to file servers right from within VPN
Tracker (
→ Learn More). However, if you wish, you can of course also use the
Finder to connect to your file servers.
To connect to your file server (network share):
‣ Switch to Finder by clicking its icon in the Dock
‣ Choose Go > Connect to Server from the menu bar on
top of your screen. You can also use the keyboard short-
cut ⌘-K
If your file server is a Mac (AFP):
‣ Enter the IP address (e.g. 192.168.42.4)
1 of your server in the “Server Address”
field and click “Connect”.
If your file server is running Windows (SMB/CIFS):
‣ Enter “smb://” followed by the IP address (e.g. 192.168.42.14)
1 of your server
and click “Connect”.
You will be prompted for your username and password (if required), as well as
for the volume(s) on the file server that you would like to access.
If your VPN has a working
→ Remote DNS setup, you can use a host name in-
stead of an IP address.
I don’t know my file server’s IP address. Can’t I just access my file servers
via the Finder Sidebar?
When using a VPN connection, your servers won’t show up in the Finder
sidebar because the network protocols used for this service, Bonjour and
NETBIOS, do not travel over the VPN.
If you don’t know your file server’s IP address, you can easily find it out next
time you’re in your office network:
Open Tools > Ping Host and enter your file server’s name. After a few sec-
onds, VPN Tracker should tell you the file server’s IP address. Again, this will
only work when you’re actually in your office network, not if you’re con-
nected via VPN.
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1 If your VPN connection uses remote DNS, you can also use a DNS host name instead of an IP address.