What Is Network Mapping?

Mapping is to point one or several ports of the router directly to the internal network. The main purpose is to use your computer as a server so that netizens anywhere can directly access this machine.

Network mapping

Mapping is to point one or more ports of the router directly to the internal network, mainly to make one with your own computer.

Only intranet users do network

On a local area network, to access a shared drive or folder, just open the "My Network Places" window on the desktop and select a computer with shared resources. However, this method does not work well and sometimes it does not work. Solve practical problems, so people usually use the method of mapping drive letters to shared resources.

XP Practical Tips: Mapping Network Drives

If you often use file sharing in Windows, then you may know that in Windows system, you can not only browse shared files through "My Network Places", but also enter in the address bar of "My Computer": Browse computer name to browse shared documents. For example: "\\ computer name \ share name \ path \ file name".

However, using shared computer names to browse shared files can be cumbersome. Is there an easy way to browse shared files? We can simplify the process of browsing shared files with Map Network Drive.

Windows system provides several ways to "map network drives". In command line mode, we can use: "NET USE \\ computer name \ share name \ path". In addition to using commands, you can also right-click on "Start | My Network Places" and select "Map Network Drive". In the pop-up window, you can directly enter, for example: "\\ computer name \ shared path" to map a network drive. You can also click "Browse" to find the shared content currently in the local area network.