1. Double-click My Network Places or Network Neighborhood, and then double-click Entire Network.
2. Double-click NFS Network.
3. Double-click the local area network (LAN) whose servers you want to view.
4. Double-click the server whose shared directories you want to view.
5. Double-click the shared directory containing the directory or file you want to open.
6. Double-click the directory or file you want to open.

Notes

• In Windows 2000, if the NFS Network icon does not appear when you double-click Entire Network, click entire contents.
• When you double-click NFS Network, it might take several seconds for the LAN to appear, depending on the broadcast network configuration and the number of computers in the broadcast.

• To view the local area networks (LANs) in the network file system (NFS) network, at a command prompt type:

  net view /network:nfs

• To view the servers in an NFS LAN, at a command prompt, type:

  net view /network:nfs "lanName"

  Argument	Description
  lanName	The name of the LAN whose servers you want to see.

• To view the directories shared by an NFS server, at a command prompt, type:

  net view /network:nfs \\serverName

  or

  showmount -e serverName

  Argument	Description
  serverName	The name of the server whose directories you want to see.

• To view the files and folders in a directory shared by an NFS server, at a command prompt, type:

  dir \\serverName\shareName

  or

  ls \\serverName\shareName

  Argument	Description
  serverName	The name of the server sharing the directory whose contents you want to see.
  shareName	The name of the shared directory whose contents you want to see.

Note

• You can use Windows Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names to access directories and files on NFS servers. For example, \\marketing\public\kimlee\spec.doc refers to a file named spec.doc in a directory named kimlee that is located in a directory named public and shared by a server named marketing.