Overview

This guide shows you how to connect to IDES or Stud-IDES.

If you're an employee, use "ides" as server name, if you're a student use "stud-ides". For brevity's sake, this guide will use "ides" throughout the rest of the page.

Connecting to IDES

If you're connecting from outside ETH, please open a VPN connection to ETH first.

Windows

Map a network drive to \\ides.ethz.ch\<your_n.ethz-login>.

When asked, input your n.ethz password.

Linux

Via Nautilus

Open a terminal and type the following command: "nautilus smb://ides.ethz.ch/<your_n.ethz-login>" (Domain: D)

On the command line

Install smbclient first. Then run the follwoing command to connect: "smbclient \\\\ides.ethz.ch\\<your_n.ethz-login>". You will be prompted for your n.ethz password.

If successful, you will get a command prompt like this: "smb: \>" To close the client, you can type "quit" and then press Enter

Copying Folders

In Windows and via Nautilus on Linux you will get a separate windows, simply select the folders you want to copy, copy them by pressing CTRL+C and paste them into a local folder by pressing CTRL+V

If you are using smblient, you will have to use FTP-like commands.

To copy a folder recursively from IDES to your local computer, do this:

• Type "recurse", press Enter
• Type "prompt OFF", press Enter

• To copy a folder, type "mget <folder_name>", press Enter

Possible problems with wireless-connections

• If there are connection-problems to IDES over the wireless-lan "ETH", it helps to use the wireless-lan "public" instead. Then login on the landing-page first, then connect to IDEs with one of the methods described above.