Hi Joe,
I'll have a look at it, but I already tried to configure "filters
(netbios)" on the router, which was not very successfull :-(
I think your are pointing in the right direction checking netbios
availability through the router's WAN.
Sure, I'm not going to invite the whole world to have a closer look into
the linux machine. It's just a first step to get more linux practice:
what can be done, what are the risks, are there alternatives....
WAN Samba access was a first, primitive idea for sharing documents
through the internet. I would like to end in installing an CVS server in
connection with a VPN to secure the access.
Thanks,
Carsten
Joe wrote:
> Quite often household/soho routers block netbios requests.
> This usually can be disabled in the router's setup.
> However I would suggest that the idea that you or noone else can access
> samba/netbios from the internet is a very very GOOD thing.
> But if you are willing to accept the risks involved and have a need to access
> them from outside just check very carefully through your router's setup as
> you'll probabaly find that it is intentionally blocking netbios.
>
> -Joe
>
>
> On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:14 pm, you wrote:
>
>>Hi Joe,
>>yes, every request is forwarded to the IP address of the linux box.
>>yes, I can access e.g. apache and vnc server.
>>yes, this is my situation.
>>
>>THX,
>>Carsten
>>
>>Joe wrote:
>>
>>>Let me get this striaght...
>>>You have your router set to forward (for external connections from the
>>>internet) the netbios ports (among other ports) to your linux box running
>>>samba.
>>>Also you can access other services running on the linux box via the
>>>internet. Is this a correct assesment of your situation?
>>>
>>>-Joe
>>>
>>>On Thursday 26 September 2002 02:16 pm, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Carsten Dannat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Ben,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Just to clarify, do I understand correctly that your Win2k machine CAN
>>>>>>see the shares when connected by wire, but NOT when wireless?
>>>>>
>>>>>Win2K can see the shares even when connected wireless.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>You mentioned port forwarding. Do both machines have private IP
>>>>>>addresses?
>>>>>
>>>>>The Linux Server has assigned a stattic IP address 129.168.xxx.yyy and
>>>>>the Win2K laptop receives a dynamic IP address from the routers's DHCP
>>>>>server.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Are the shares out on the Internet somewhere? Perhaps you could try
>>>>>>setting up a share on your Win2k machine and making sure that your
>>>>>>Linux machine can see and use them, and vice versa.
>>>>>
>>>>I shared a directory on my Win2k machine, but the Linux machine is not
>>>>able to browse the local network at all (using Konquerer, I get the
>>>>response -> "could not connect to host localhost").
>>>>
>>>>I can ping from my Win2K box to the Linux machine using the IP address
>>>>or the name, but I can't ping from the Linux machine to the Win2K
>>>>machine using the Win2K'2 computer name, only the IP address works.
>>>>
>>>>In the file /etc/resolv.conf I have two nameserver entries: One is
>>>>assigned by Roadrunner, the other is the IP address of the Netgear MR314
>>>>router.
>>>>
>>>>Mmmmhhh ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Carsten
>>>
>
>
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