connecting to a server

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>
> I have tried to connect to the server using places/connect.  I choose
> Windows share and the servers name.  I get back an error message stating
>
> Cannot display location "smb//???"  (note: The servers name is not ???)
>

When Places / Network doesn't connect, try:

Nautilus / Go /Location /

    smb://[destination_ IP]/

(don't forget the three slashes)



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