Edward J. Sager on Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:35:55 -0400 (EDT) |
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 > > _______________________________________________ > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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