At 09:01 +0200 13/10/04, Kuestner, Bjoern wrote: >So, quick summary, > >the Mac server is connected to the internet. Yes (no ports blocked) >The Mac server has SMB and FTP running. And AFP services >You don't have a router with NAT inbetween? No. >You don't have your firewall running or at least the SMB ports are open? No Firewall >Remote Macs, i. e. not in your LAN but somewhere in the internet, can >connect. Yes. >PCs return an error "network path" not found whatever you try. Correct. >Have you tried to "ping ip#" from the PCs? Pings successfully >Can the Macs connect via SMB to the Mac server? I've tried smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (which is the way to do it (if I remember correctly)) and that failed (error code -36). >(I know, not a very useful setup, but just for testing if the SMB works.) >Same thing for Macs and FTP connections? "couldn't connect because name or password incorrect" (but there was no option to provide these. >Can a local PC connect to the Mac server? (Bring a laptop to the Mac server >LAN.) The nearest client laptop is in the UK and I'm in Sydney, Australia. I'm doing the testing via VPC 7 at home at the moment. > >Bjorn > -- ______________________________________________________________________ Regards, Mark (}-: Skype / AIM / iChat: gibsonm1 Seriousness is the only refuge for the shallow. --Oscar Wilde ______________________________________________________________________