If the server is a Windows-based machine, begin the IP address or hostname with the "smb://" prefix. Click on the "Connect" button to initiate a connection.

If a fear of the command line has prevented you from making use of the more secure sftp, Jack Wallen wants to show you how you can easily connect to that remote server, with a simple file manager.

Figure 7. Connection failed when trying to select ViewComposerDB. To debug the issue, I went back to the database server to see what port the database was using by entering netstat -a -b from an ...