So cifs is no longer the problem I finally realized I was just capitalizing Cifs. (Noob)
so here is what I put in.
"mount -t cifs //192.168.1.194/Anita-comp /mnt/Anita"
it then asks for a password. we have no password on the drive or the drive in the network. so I leave it blank and it says
"Retrying with uppercase share name
mount error (6):no such device or address
refer to the manual...."
this is farther than where I was before but still another error message
I almost forgot, how do I know what to put after the Ip adress? where do I find the name to put in there?
THANKS