On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:34:56 -0500,
maven@-nospam-techie.com , in
<35GdncjHsIjaLpvdRVn-hw@comcast.com> wrote:
>+ Not for the life of me can I connect my at home Windows XP machine to my at
>+ work remote Samba shares. I can ping the server fine, I can telnet/SSH in
>+ and login to the Samba shares just fine and everything.
>+
>+ Any clues?

Most likely, the relevent Microsoft file/print sharing ports are being
filtered by either your employer, your ISP, or quite possibly, *both*.

Your only hope is a VPN or SSL tunnel. Alternatively, you might use
something like OpenAFS.

James
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