Drive mapping is the way by which Microsoft Windows associates a local drive letter (A through Z) on a computer with a shared storage area over a network.
After a drive has been mapped, a software application on a client's computer can read and write files from the shared storage area by accessing that drive, just as if that drive represented a local physical hard disk drive.
It is important to always map to the letter N since some Windows links will expect this letter after it has been used the first time.
There are two ways to map the network drive to a Windows drive letter.
(a) Map using the D-Link Easy Search Utility
Open the easy search utility located on the main laptop at:
Public/Software/D-Link DNS 323 (also shortcut on Joint Desktop)
It looks like this:
Press the Refresh button until you see the drive in the top box.
Select the drive in the top box.
Select Volume_1 in the bottom box.
Select the letter N from the Available Drive Letters and press Connect.
(b) Map using Windows Explorer
Open Windows Explorer. In Vista press ALT to expose the file menu.
Click Map network Drive in the Tools menu.
Select Drive: N
Enter Folder: \\NETWORK-DATA\Volume_1 (backslashes are important)
Select Reconnect at Log on and press Finish