Re: [Hampshire] Samba and MS vista

On 05/01/2008, Tim <xendistar@???> wrote:
> But apart from checking that the ports are open in service.conf how can I test
> that each port is open and can be seen by the vista box.

Telnet to them:

telnet sambaserver 137

If you get connection refused it's probable that the port is closed,
but probably not firewalled [*]

If you get a connection the port is open.

G

[*] In my experience most firewalls drop traffic, however some reject
with an RST, which would give you "connection refused".