Mapping your T: and U: drives
The WEC department has network file storage for multiple uses. Our T: Drive is used for shared documents and lab folders. Our U: drive is your personal folder for file storage. If you are a new student and wish to have a U: Drive folder, please send an email to Tom Barnash to request one.
You can set these drives manually by following these instructions:
*Note: If using a personal laptop, you must connect to the VPN before mapping to a drive or accessing a shared printer. VPN instructions can be found here.
- Right-click on your My Computer, and select "Map Network Drive..." from the menu.
- You will see the following window appear:

- For the Drive letter, select T:
- For the folder, put this address: \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\wec\private\
- You will be prompted for your username and password, you need to enter UFAD\gatorlinkusername in the username box, and your gatorlink password for the password. (See picture of this step)
- Select Finished.
Similar instructions are needed for the U: drive.
- Right-click on your My Computer, and select "Map Network Drive..." from the menu.
- You will see the following window appear:

- For the Drive letter, select U:
- For the folder, the address depends on whether you are faculty, staff, or student, and your gatorlink name. If you are a student, you would put \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\wec\users\students\gatorlinkname\, where your gatorlink name would be what you login to the network with. So if I was a student, I would put \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\wec\users\students\barnasht\ in this box. If you are faculty, use faculty\gatorlinkname, and staff would use staff\gatorlinkname.
- You will be prompted for your username and password, you need to enter UFAD\gatorlinkusername in the username box, and your gatorlink password for the password. (See picture of this step)*
- Select Finished.

