[WinMac] Connecting to remote W2K server

From: Antony N. Lord (antonylord[at]mac.com)
Date: Sat Oct 02 2004 - 03:44:39 EDT

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    I have a remote server (W2K server) at work I would really like to
    connect to (for working on shared files).

    I would like to be able to connect from both my OS X and XP boxes here at home.

    Obviously there are no problems doing this inside the office -
    everything is fine at this end.

    I have previously set up cygwin / sftp on the server and this
    currently works fine (from home using Fugu or the command line)
    although probably isn't as nice (although perhaps more secure).

    My exact knowledge on how this all "works" isn't as good as it should
    be and probably represents one of the hurdles in me actually getting
    it to work.

     From what I can Google Samba is now known as CIFS? And CIFS uses port
    3020 (TCP/UDP)

    In theory what I need to is

    * Punch holes in firewall at home on the necessary ports
    * Punch holes in firewall at work on the necessary ports
    * Use the "virtual server" setting of the work firewall to point
    requests on port 3020 to the IP of the W2K box

    Is it as simple as that? I'm sure there are more ports than that -
    reading on Samba shows use of ports 137, 139, 445 and 1024 also.

    I've installed Sharity on my OS X box to play with as well - reading
    seems to suggest it is required (or is at least more helpful) for
    working with CIFS.

    And finally - how do I perform the same connection (to the W2K box)
    from my home XP box - theoretically (if it work from the OS X box)
    can I just enter the IP of the remote system in the network drive
    dialog?

    All input would be warmly welcomed!

    Cheers, Antony. 

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