[BUGS] Integration of PCBSD with Windows networks

[Jan Mikkelsen]

Hi,

Modern Windows needs port uses port 445. If you haven't opened 445 you should try doing that first.

Jan.

On 14/07/2010, at 3:32 PM, Rob Hurle wrote:

>  I've just downloaded and installed PCBSD 8.0 and I must say that I'm
> quite happy with it so far.  I've been a FreeBSD user since about
> version 2.4 or so and have become increasingly frustrated at the way
> each system has turned into rubble as ports are added and "upgraded".
> The problem appeared to get worse from about 5.3 on, but PCBSD seems
> to have solved this problem.  Another, similar, problem had to do with
> the increasing complexity.  In the early days, I knew most of what was
> going on, but with the modern system I can easily get lost and when
> I'm asked questions such as "integrate with GTK?", my eyes glaze over.
> 
>  To the point.  My home setup is a router/wifi connected to a DSL
> modem (we have CAT5 into the house, fibre node just down the road) and
> a number of Windows systems on the home network.  PCBSD out-of-the-box
> can not be seen by the Windows machines.  The smb.conf file is exactly
> the same as the one successfully used on FreeBSD 7.1.  Investigations
> revealed that it was the PCBSD firewall that was causing the trouble,
> and that the Windows network services were not turned on by default
> (an error in the defaults, in my opinion).  I allowed services 137,
> 138, 139, both TCP and UDP, incoming and outgoing, to pass through the
> PCBSD firewall, but this was not enough - the windows computers still
> gave "No network path" errors.  The only way I can achieve the
> integration at the moment is to turn the firewall off.  For me, this
> does not matter, since the router has its own firewall, but I'd like
> to know if anyone knows which other services Microsoft uses for its
> networking.
> 
>  By the way, I have a table showing all IP services used by Microsoft
> systems (in .odp format) if anyone is interested in it.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Rob Hurle
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