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Jesper Axelsen wrote:

> Hi Group
>
> A simple question, I hope
>
> At my local network at home I have a NAS-device which is setup to a
> static ip-address (192.168.2.10)
>
> When I'm accessing it behind my local router, there is no problem. The
> problem occurs when I'm trying to access it from outsede the internet
>
> I can connect to it using ftp though, by redirecting port 21 to the
> device but I cannot mp a network drive which is want I want. I have
> tried redirecting every port the the device and disble firewall in the
> router, but nothing helps.

If you have a broadband connection, it's very common for the ISPs to
block the ports used for SMB. This is because many broadband customers
have Windows file sharing turned on without any access restrictions, so
they were unknowingly making their shares available to the entire
Internet.

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