1. Select and open Webdrive from your Start menu.
2. On the WebDrive window and click on the New Site button.
3. Name the site: webdav.cs.rutgers.edu and click the Next button.
4. Select WebDAV, click on the Connect Securely checkbox and click the Next button.
5. Enter: WebDAV.cs.rutgers.edu in the URL for the server field and click the Next button.
6. In the Certificate setting window, click the Next button
7. For the account Information, Enter your_Netid in Username: and enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password in Password:
8. Click the checkbox Save Password to make windows remember your password and click the Next button.
9. Click on the Connect to Site now checkbox to make the connection
10. Click on Connect at login/startup if you want webdrive to automatically connect at login/startup.
11. Click the Finish button to make the connection.

You should now see an additional icon under Network Drives with the name WebDAV.cs.rutgers.edu under My Computer

WindowsXP has native support for WebDAV. To access WebDAV server from windows XP, follow these steps:

1. Go to Start and select My Network Places On the left bar, Click Add a Network Place, click Next on the welcome page.
2. In the Service Provider window, Select Choose Another Network Location and click Next
3. Enter in Internet or network Address: https://webdav.cs.rutgers.edu
4. Enter your_Netid in Username: and enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password in Password:
5. Click the checkbox Remember password to make windows remember your password
6. Click the Ok button to connect and mount the WebDAV server.

To access the WebDAV server,

1. Open your CyberDuck program by double clicking on its icon.
2. Once CyberDuck is running, click on the Open Connection icon.
3. Select: WebDAV(HTTP/SSL) and enter

       Server: webdav.cs.rutgers.edu
       Port: 443
       Username:your_net_id
       Password:enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password

4. Click the Connect button.

Once connected you will be presented with list of files available on different servers in one location. For more info on how to use CyberDuck, please read the CyberDuck help page.

Alternative Option: (not recommended)

MacOS X comes with built in WebDAV support. However, due to the way files are saved in MacOS X, the more files you have, the slower the access. This is a known problem in MacOS X Finder. This issue is documented in KB TS1656 and some people have come up with work around to speed up access. Our tests shows, it only helps a little bit and we would not recommend using MacOS X Finder as a WebDAV client.

If you must use MacOS X built in WebDAV client to connect to the WebDAV server, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Go menu in the Finder and
2. Select Connect To.
3. On the Connect to windows, in the Server name: field, enter: https://webdav.cs.rutgers.edu
4. Click the Connect button to establish the connection.
5. Enter your_Netid in Username: and enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password in Password:

Using Linux Dolphin to connect to WebDAV server

1. Click on the Start button, select Computer and select Network
2. On the Network Window, click on the Add Network Folder icon to create a Network folder.
3. On the Network Folder, select WebFolder (WebDAV) and click on the Next button.
4. On Network Folder Information window, enter information as shown below and click Connect when done.

       Name: webdav.cs
       User: your NetID
       Server: webdav.cs.rutgers.edu
       Port: 443
       Folder: /
       [x] Use encryption

5. On connect, a window will open asking you to enter your password. Enter your_RCI_or_Eden_password.
6. Click Connect and a window will open showing all your files in the WebDAV server.

Using Linux Konqueror to connect to WebDAV server

1. Open Konqueror window and enter on Location: webdavs://webdav.cs.rutgers.edu
2. Press Enter and Authorization Dialog window will open.
3. Enter your_Netid in Username: and enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password in Password:
4. Click the OK button to connect to the WebDAV server window showing all your files in the WebDAV server.

Using Linux Nautilus to connect to WebDAV server

1. Click on the Places menu and select Connect to Server...
2. On the Connect to Server window, enter:

       Server: webdav.cs.rutgers.edu
       Username:  your NetID
       Name to use for connection:  WebDAV.cs 

3. On Connect, a window will open asking you to enter your password. Enter your_RCI_or_Eden_password.
4. Click Connect and a window will open showing all your files in the WebDAV server.

Mounting WebDAV server as root

    mount -t davfs https://webdav.cs.rutgers.edu/ /mnt

In iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, you can use free App called: WebDAV Nav. Using WebDAV Nav on your iOS device,

1. Click [+] to add a new server.
2. In the window that open, enter

       Name webdav.cs
       Server URL: webdav.cs.rutgers.edu 
       Username:your_net_id
       Password:enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password

3. Click the Save button to save the newly added server configuration.
4. Click on the icon to connect to the WebDAV server.

Alternative Solutions

There are other alternative commercial programs that are available on iOS you may want to try also. These programs have other features such as ability to open .doc, .ppt, .xls and more. Example: ReaddleDocs and GoodReaders.

Disclaimer: We do not recommend any specific commercial products. Please read available user's reviews for each App you are interested in before purchasing them.

No matter which client you choose, when connecting to the WebDAV server, you need to enter:

    Server URL:https://webdav.cs.rutgers.edu 
    Username:your_net_id
    Password:enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password
    Port:443 (if asked)

Disclaimer: We do not recommend any specific commercial product. Please read available user's reviews for each App you are interested in before purchasing them.

BlackBerry does not have a freeware WebDAV client yet. In this document, a commercial program called PaderSyncFM will be used to show how to connect to a WebDAV server.

Disclaimer: We do not recommend any specific commercial product. Please read available user's reviews for each App you are interested in before purchasing them.

To access WebDAV server on BlackBerry using PaderSyncFM, first, you need to setup a bookmark. Once a bookmark is setup, simply click on the bookmark to establish your connection to the configured WebDAV server.

To setup a bookmark:

1. Select and open PadderSyncFM from your BlackBerry Apps.
2. In PaderSync, click Bookmarks then New to create a new bookmark.
3. A Protocol window will open. Choose WebDAV to continue.
4. A WebDAV window will open. In this window, you need to enter your credential as follow:

       Title: webdav.cs 
       Host: webdav.cs.rutgers.edu 
       User:your_netID
       Pass:enter_you_RCI_or_Eden_password
       Base Directory:/
       [x] SSL/TLS
       [x] Expect/Continue
   

5. Click on Save to save your webdav.cs bookmark.
6. Select on the newly created bookmark, and verify its property is correct.
7. Once the bookmark is created, go back to main window of PaderSync.
8. Click on Bookmarks and select webdav.cs to access your files.