How to mount a network drive

I am new to automator and seem to have a problem mounting a drive automatically.
I have tried using “ask for server” but it is not what I want. The drive I want to mount from my net work is 192.168.1.5/public. I can mount it every time manually by going,
finder: go: connect to server: home-network: Nas-lacie: Connect: public
and then putting in my Name and password (or even finder: go: resent folders: public).
but I would like automator to do all this.
I put in automator 'ask for sever' 'view results' the results are {“afp://192.168.1.5/?NAME=NAS-LACIE”}
then
'Connect to servers' 'view results'
{alias”public”}
I seem so close yet so far can someone help me
many thanks
iMac g3, iBook12, 'Minimac superdrive' Mac OS X (10.4.2)
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Hi ther,
have a look at this thread, especially the movie (post 5) it may help...
...if not let me know and we'll think of something.
regards
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