Re: [SLUG] Re: Netbios shares from outside a firewall

[Ross Mitchell <rmitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks all,
I've tried these suggestions but it still doesn't seem to work. I did a 
tcpdump and noticed port 445 being used as well. Added it in to the 
forwards but still no connection. I'll post a note if I can work it out.

At 02:51 PM 27/09/2001 +1000, you wrote:
> \begin{Crossfire}
> > Ross Mitchell was once rumoured to have said:
> > [Snip]
> > > So I tried it the 'proper' way and used ipnat and rdr to pass
> > > 137/138/139 tcp/udp on to the box from the 10's to the 169's. That
> > > works (checked via nmap for tcp and udp) but trying a 'net view'
> > > from the 10.x fails to find the box. I next tried allowing
> > > broadcasts to redirect but still no go.
> >
> > You'll need to use either a lmhosts file on the clients trying to
> > connect, or deploy a WINS server.  Broadcast host discovery doesn't
> > function over subnet boundaries.
>
> unless you use samba's "remote announce" option.
>
> tho i've found anything other than explicitly setting a WINS server on
> all hosts to be quite fragile.
>
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