Hello sambers I have Samba 2.2.8a installed and I am able to map a drive on WinXP to my linux home directory when I am connected to my lan and I am able to connect to my linux home directory via WindowsXP when i'm outside the lan, but its mix with other empolyees when they connect from outside the lan. Some employees are able to connect from outside and some are not able to connect. I know one thing could be ISP filtering, most ISPs don't filter (??). Has anybody ran into this situation? Could it be that the ISP that my Samba server is on is Verizon and that all the people that have Verizon for an ISP are able to connect? I have a simple configuration ... [global] workgroup = Aeronet netbios name = Hornet server string = Windows File Server encrypt passwords = yes [homes] guest ok = no read only = no Thanks Matias