If you machine only has one network card the firewall is blocking the smb packets b/c they are concidered a security risk. smaba is only meant to run on a local network(i think). you might dual home your machine if you are using it as a gateway. that might fix it. Have the firewall applied to the nic that goes to the outside world and have samba running thru the local nic. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:52 PM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 8 Firewall killed samba access! I've been sharing files using samba on my Mandrake 8 machine with other Windows PCs in my home network for a while now, and all computers can see one another in the network neighborhood. A few moments ago though, I ran the "Firewall" wizard in the Mandrake Control Panel. Now, I find that I can no longer "see" the other computers on the network, and vice versa. I can still ping the other computers though. I have verified that Samba services are definitely running. What could be the issue here - and how do I rectify it? Or do I need to disable the firewall features - and how? Thanks in advance.
