Edward J. Sager on Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:35:55 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Suburban@home


Actually, Windows has this bad habit of frequently broadcasting all kinds of stuff
on those blocked ports and other machines respond.  They're just trying to keep M$
from bogging down their network.

umweber@mcs.drexel.edu wrote:

> This is for the person who asked about Suburban@home cable service.
> I have had it since july, with absolutely no problems, it's fast and
> reliable. (Although of course I did have to put a windows box in the room
> I wanted it to be for them to install it). But there is one huge problem,
> Ports 137, 138, 139, and 1080 are blocked, so if you wanna set up a home
> network with Windows involved, or use samba, I think it may be a problem.
> I tried using scour media agent (http://www.scour.net) to get some files
> through, this client uses perl and samba to do so, and was unable to
> because of port 139 being blocked. (It downloads files of of Windows
> shares).. Which is how I found out about this little "issue"
> I get they want to discourage you from setting up a network, and would
> rather you buy additional IPs at $9.95/mo
>
> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:06:29 -0400
> From: Support@Suburban.com
> To: michelle <mbw22@home.com>
> Subject: Port Blocking
>
> Dear @Home Subscriber,
>
>      Yes, these ports are blocked.  There is no ETA on whether these ports will
> be made available anytime soon.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you
> while using our service.  Any other questions please feel free to contact us at
> 1.888.398.4547 between the hours of 7:00am to 12:00pm.
>
> Technical Support Staff
> Support@Suburban.com
>
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