[X-Servers] Windoze remote connectivity

[Mark Gibson]

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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