On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:19:57 +0500 (YEKT) > From: Ilia Chipitsine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Firewall piercing - The Specified network name is no > longer available. > > pptp/vpn client is included in windows distribution as well.
Is it an optional install? > client is pretty well tested and works reasonably good since win95osr2. How does one use it? Start, Run, ...what? > > so, it is already installed on "ANY Windoze" :-) > > > Please read my points on this sort of "solution" in the past. The whole > > REASON I want to use Plain Vanilla SMB is so I can walk up to ANY Windoze > > machine on the entire flippin' Internet and go: > > > > Start > > Run > > \\IP_ADDRESS\sharename > > (username) > > (password) > > > > POOF. > > > > If I have to install anything, the whole point is moot. > > > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > > > >> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:58:32 +0500 (YEKT) > >> From: Ilia Chipitsine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Cc: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Samba] Firewall piercing - The Specified network name is no > >> longer available. > >> > >> you can setup PPTP/VPN server and this eliminates need of using NAT. > >> > >>> Hi all. > >>> > >>> I'm trying to set up one of my Unix machines at home so I can access my > >>> stuff there via SMB from the Internet at large (read: from Windows-using > >>> clients'). > >>> > >>> I'm behind two NATting devices-- the lame-p Prestige DSL modem provided by > >>> Sprint DSL (a.k.a. Earthlink?) and a more typical home DSL/cable gateway > >>> device. > >>> > >>> I've poked holes in BOTH of these devices on ports 137, 138, 139 AND 445. > >>> Only port 139 actually responds to TCP connections (well, only port 139 > >>> accepts a telnet, even from localhost. > >>> > >>> See: > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> -bash-2.05b# telnet localhost 137 > >>> Trying ::1... > >>> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused > >>> Trying 127.0.0.1... > >>> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > >>> -bash-2.05b# telnet localhost 138 > >>> Trying ::1... > >>> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused > >>> Trying 127.0.0.1... > >>> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > >>> -bash-2.05b# telnet localhost 139 > >>> Trying ::1... > >>> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused > >>> Trying 127.0.0.1... > >>> Connected to localhost. > >>> Escape character is '^]'. > >>> ^] > >>> telnet> close > >>> Connection closed. > >>> -bash-2.05b# telnet localhost 445 > >>> Trying ::1... > >>> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused > >>> Trying 127.0.0.1... > >>> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> It should go without saying that this machine's Samba shares work > >>> PERFECTLY WELL within the LAN. ;) > >>> > >>> Now, from the outside, I can telnet to port 139 on the machine just fine, > >>> through both NAT devices. However, when I go Start, Run, > >>> \\x.y.z.a\sharename (where "x.y.z.a" is the IP address-- not the FQDN-- of > >>> the machine), Windows vomits up this unhelpful message: > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>> \\x.y.z.a\sharename > >>> The specified network name is no longer available. > >>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> See: > >>> > >>> http://jlb.twu.net/tmp/unhelpful.png > >>> > >>> Any ideas? The client machine runs Windows 2000 Pro. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> J. L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >>> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > J. L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net > > > -- J. L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
