On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:37:06 -0400 "Carl J. Hilinski" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, tunnel all is set. > > Interestingly, ShrewVPN on WindowsXP can't get to the share either. > It can get to other Samba servers. It can do SSH and HTTP. But it > simply cannot get to the shares on this one server. > > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:32:57 -0400 > From: kevin vpn <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vpn-help] Can't connect to Samba share > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:14:17 -0400 > "Carl J. Hilinski" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Specifics first: Shrew 2.1.7 on Win7 (32 or 64 bit) with PCF > > imported from old Cisco client. Samba server destination: Redhat 8 > > with samba 2.2.5 (yes, it?s old and that?s probably most of the > > problem). > > > ... > > > > When Shrew is used, there is no indication in the Samba logs that an > > attempt was made to connect to the share. On the client, you put in > > \\xx.xx.xx.xx\share in the Computer window and after about 20 > > seconds, the message is given that the server\share cannot be > > contacted (check spelling of name, etc.). If you attempt to map a > > network drive to it, you get a username/password dialog but it > > doesn?t matter what you put in there. > > > > Why would the Cisco client work but the Shrew one does not? What am > > I missing? > > > > > > Hi Carl, > > This is a shot in the dark, but I would wonder if perhaps the problem > is related to broadcast traffic. Older versions of the SMB protocol > relied on broadcast for resource discovery. Windows 7 doesn't but > perhaps some combination of Win7 and the older Samba does... > > Does your Shrew config have "Tunnel All" enabled in the policy tab? > Perhaps trying that will change something? > Hi Carl, If your XP machines can't get to the old Samba shares either (in addition to the Win7 machines), obviously it's not a Win7 issue. It does point to some kind of conflict between how the older Samba and Shrew, but I don't know enough to help further. Perhaps providing some packet decodes to the devs might help. http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/BugReportVpnWindows _______________________________________________ vpn-help mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shrew.net/mailman/listinfo/vpn-help
