[X-Servers] Windoze remote connectivity

[Rich Trouton]

Have you tried ftp://username@ftp.address.here ?

	Rich

On Oct 13, 2004, at 3:54 AM, Mark Gibson wrote:

> 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
>>
>
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