[KLUG Members] samba server can be browsed but not pinged

Adam Tauno Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Wed Nov 10 11:36:16 EST 2004


> >  The XP box says "No service is operating at the
> > > destination network endpoint on the remote system."
> > Ah, the infamous 0x04D2 error!  Scary when you actually have MEMORIZED the error
> > code.  Did I ever mention the deep loating I feel towards M$-Windows?
> > That almost guarantees you have some type of packet filtering in place (firewall
> > on the new Samba box?).
> You are exactly right.  Dropped the firewall and everything worked.
> And I don't want to have to create one from scratch if I can avoid it.
> However, the CLS version of the firewall config program (as opposed to
> the gui) lets me allow certain ports.  Could I use that? 

Should be able to.

>  If so, what ports?

udp/netbios-dgm (138)
udp/netbios-ns (137)
tcp/netbios-ssn (139)
tcp/microsoft-ds (445)





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