Access Off-Campus

To access your Helios storage from off-campus you need to use File Transfer Protocal (FTP). A free FTP program we recommend is Filezilla. All you need to get started is name of the ftp sever at SU, ftp.southwestern.edu

You can also access your files off-campus from any browser by typing in the URL ftp://SUeID@southwestern.edu. Your browser will display your home directory in a list format. Most documents are stored under the Documents or Desktop folders. To open a document double click on the file.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Depending on your browser, you will be asked to either save the document to the hard drive or it will open directly in the prograrm in which it was created (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc). The document is not If it you open and edit may not SAVE BACK to the original location. Make sure when you SAVE the file, it is to a valid storage area on your hard drive and not a TEMP folder.

If you are Firefox user, there is a slick add-on that allows you to attach/open/edit and save. FireFTP 1.0.1