Ken: There's something really wrong with this situation. Macs work fine in mixed networks of Windows and Linux machines and even simulated Windows networks using Samba. Samba works fine as a substitute for a "real" Windows network, even though MS isn't very good about sharing the details of their protocols.
You said that at one time the Guest access was allowed, and I had the impression that the Mac could at one time access the network share, but can't any more. Is that correct, or did I misunderstand? The fact that anyone can "see" that there are shares on the network when they access the wireless, whether they are authenticated members of the domain or not, is a feature of the Windows protocol stacks. There is little harm in this, as they can't see what's in the shares without authentication, but the fact that the servers (and printers, and public shares) are there is something broadcast over the wire. Otherwise, the "Browse Network" features of most OSes would be useless. It is a leakage of information, however, and other networking protocols handle it differently. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vuqsd2vmffwj5r0c93k13tuyr-mm3j4vsckqt3jn6...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
