RE: [WinMac] Ping doesn't work to ID computers on LAN.

Subject: RE: [WinMac] Ping doesn't work to ID computers on LAN.
From: Perbix, Michael (PERBIX[at]lmsd.org)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 10:47:59 EDT

I agree totally, but I would think that simple Anti-virus software would do what you need instead of messing around with this firewall product that is doing god knows what to your system 8-)...

   -Mike

> ----------
> From: Brian Durant
> Reply To: winmac@iffy.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:30 AM
> To: winmac@iffy.com
> Cc: SuSE Linux-e
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Ping doesn't work to ID computers on LAN.
>
> On Wednesday 17 April 2002 19:25, Perbix, Michael wrote:
> - This is definitely a firewall issue on those boxes. They are preventing
> - pinging. Can you ping the 98 boxes from any other box, like the linux box?
> -
> Not from Linux, but I have HD access when I boot into Win 2k.
> -
> - It is very possible to hide the machines from pinging but still allow file
> - sharing. The firewall software does all this. If you remove the firewall
> - software from one machine does it work can you then ping it?
> -
> Yes. The question is why the firewall prevents SuSE Linux 7.3 Pro from
> finding the other computers in the workgroup, but not in Win 2k? The firewall
> is the Win version of Norton Personal Firewall and I am conversant only in
> the Mac version of same. The GUI is very different.
>
> When I disable the firewall, I can ping to Win 98 boxes. Not only that, but I
> was successful in getting LinNeighborhood to display the computers after a
> "modprobe smbfs". However, when I tried to mount one at /home/usr/mnt/<host>,
> I received the following error, despite having installed all of the smbclient
> package:
>
> "smbmnt must be installed suid root for direct user mounts (500,500) smbmnt
> failed: 1"
> -
> - Also why do you have the firewall software installed if you are behind a
> - linksys router. The router by default will block anyone on the internet
> - from accessing your computers unless you forward a particular port to that
> - machine (such as port 80).
> -
> True, but I was hoping to avoid spreading viruses, Trojan Horses, worms, etc.
> from one computer to the other with the firewall. We have already had a case
> of a Trojan Horse on one of the Win 98 boxes and as it is hard to monitor
> what wives and kids download, I thought that this would be added protection
> ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
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