im in Germany atm, that why your missing me atm tuesday im back. try this because its not needed to open a /16 subnet. edit /etc/default/ufw enable netbios conntrack in the modules below now run ufw reset now add the new rules. that should work before you do that, safe the output off iptables -S after the reset, run it again, and mail me both output's. Greetz for Germany Louis Op 2 feb. 2019, om 15:06, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> schreef: On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 22:15:03 +0000 Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: Bit late here, I will install ufw tomorrow and see if this throws a spanner in the works. OK, installing ufw threw a spanner did throw a spanner into the works ;-) Even after doing this: sudo ufw allow proto udp to any port 137 from 192.168.0.0/24 sudo ufw allow proto udp to any port 138 from 192.168.0.0/24 sudo ufw allow proto tcp to any port 139 from 192.168.0.0/24 sudo ufw allow proto tcp to any port 445 from 192.168.0.0/24 I could not get through the firewall, all I got was: Connecting to 192.168.0.27 at port 445 Connecting to 192.168.0.27 at port 139 Connection to stand failed (Error NT_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT) A bit of an internet search turned up this command: sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/16 to any app Samba This did the trick: root at rpi1:~# smbclient -L stand Enter root's password: Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.8.8-Debian] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$ IPC IPC Service (stand server (Samba, Devuan)) Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.8.8-Debian] Server Comment --------- ------- RPI1 Samba 4.5.12-Debian STAND stand server (Samba, Devuan) Workgroup Master --------- ------- WORKGROUP RPI1 Rowland