title: ipad: read file which is on a shared network drive
body: <p>I'm writing an iPad App, which downloads Files from a DMS (over https). This works fine. But now I need to download large video files from a shared network drive over a vpn connection.</p>
  
  <p>When I create an NSURL object with</p>
  
  <pre><code>[NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"\\\\filer1\shareName\myFoler\movie.mp4" isDirectory:NO];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and a NSURLRequest with</p>
  
  <pre><code>[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it results in the following URL:</p>
  
  <pre><code>file://localhost/%5C%5Cfiler1%5CshareName%5CmyFolder%5Cmovie.mp4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why does it add "localhost" before my \filer1?</p>
  
  <p>And how can i download Files from a shared network drive?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for your help!
  cheers, mike</p>