samba - Apr 2004 - Mounting through my ISP works/doesn't work.. Verizon Avenue problems... :-(

Hi,

I HAD Verizon ONLINE.  I was ABLE to mount samba served machines from the
internet...  eg \\strange.dreamhost.com\ from my XP box.

I switched to Verizon AVENUE.  Now I can't.  (When I go through a VPN,
though, I am able to mount the directory going around Verizon
Avenue's network)

I'm thinking this is a port restriction that Verizon Avenue has going on.

I'm trying to explain to the verizon avenue engineers what's going on
here but I don't know how to further diagnose the problem.  I
don't know the ports needed or what protocols it's using...

Any assistance would be most excellent!

Thanks

James Saxon
jsaxon@spamcop.net

A big reason would be that lots of worms propagate via netbios ports so they
block those.  Mounting samba shares over the Internet without VPN protection
is a very foolish task.

"James Saxon" <james@saxon.com> wrote in message
news:NBBBICHOELEMCKANMJMNMENIMFAA.james@saxon.com...
> Hi,
>
> I HAD Verizon ONLINE.  I was ABLE to mount samba served machines from the
internet...  eg \\strange.dreamhost.com\ from my XP box.
>
> I switched to Verizon AVENUE.  Now I can't.  (When I go through a VPN,
though, I am able to mount the directory going around
Verizon
> Avenue's network)
>
> I'm thinking this is a port restriction that Verizon Avenue has going
on.
>
> I'm trying to explain to the verizon avenue engineers what's going
on here
but I don't know how to further diagnose the problem. 
I
> don't know the ports needed or what protocols it's using...
>
> Any assistance would be most excellent!
>
> Thanks
>
> James Saxon
> jsaxon@spamcop.net
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