Network Drives

Hey,
Is there any way to have a mac running 10.4.3 connect to a network drive when ever it connects into the network. It is the only mac running on a PC based network. Basically, Im looking for a "Map Network Drive" feature on the Windows based networks. I am currently on my way switching over to macs but i am still learning. Is there any website that goes over connecting to networks and network drives e.g. smb opposed to afp. Thanks


Nick

from the finder type cmd+k
enter smb://ipaddress
select share, authenticate, save pass in keychain
from finder type cmd+g+shift
enter /Volumes
make alias of windows network share mount point, copy where ever you like

use to open mount when ever you want.
I recomend not putting it in start up. it can cause boot up hangs