Hi all,
I'm getting my first Mac in a few weeks, and I've got a technical question about the Windows networking support. Can anyone help?
On one network I'll be using, I need to access a Linux Samba fileserver behind a filewall that's blocking NetBIOS (ports 138/139). Unblocking those ports is not an option.
So my main question is:
Does the Apple SMB networking redirector support 'raw' SMB over port 445? (for example, the Windows 2000 and Linux smbfs redirectors will usually try SMB-over-NetBIOS-over-TCP on port 138/139 first, then try SMB-over-TCP on port 445).
Secondly, am I going to run into trouble mounting the share if I can't browse a workgroup or domain, or can I just type in a UNC path? The server I need to get to isn't registered in WINS, and (obviously) won't respond to NetBIOS broadcasts, though it does have a sensible DNS name.
(If anyone feels like testing the first point, you could emulate the problem by adding 'smb ports=445' and 'disable netbios=yes' to a Samba smb.conf).
Thanks!
I'm getting my first Mac in a few weeks, and I've got a technical question about the Windows networking support. Can anyone help?
On one network I'll be using, I need to access a Linux Samba fileserver behind a filewall that's blocking NetBIOS (ports 138/139). Unblocking those ports is not an option.
So my main question is:
Does the Apple SMB networking redirector support 'raw' SMB over port 445? (for example, the Windows 2000 and Linux smbfs redirectors will usually try SMB-over-NetBIOS-over-TCP on port 138/139 first, then try SMB-over-TCP on port 445).
Secondly, am I going to run into trouble mounting the share if I can't browse a workgroup or domain, or can I just type in a UNC path? The server I need to get to isn't registered in WINS, and (obviously) won't respond to NetBIOS broadcasts, though it does have a sensible DNS name.
(If anyone feels like testing the first point, you could emulate the problem by adding 'smb ports=445' and 'disable netbios=yes' to a Samba smb.conf).
Thanks!