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#344104 - 07/04/2011 19:26 Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off? [Re: wfaulk]
siberia37 old hand Registered: 09/01/2002 Posts: 702 Loc: Tacoma,WA	I wonder if it has to do with the machine name being resolved by broadcast. Have you tried connecting to the share directly by IP Address just for fun? e.g. \\192.168.1.1\c$ Officially I think resolving by broadcast is considered kind of deprecated you are suppoed to use either FQDN or IP addresses to do file sharing now.
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Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	tfabris	07/04/2011 16:18
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	tfabris	07/04/2011 16:37
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	tfabris	07/04/2011 17:19
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	tfabris	07/04/2011 17:36
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	gbeer	08/04/2011 01:32
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	BartDG	08/04/2011 04:19
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	tman	08/04/2011 11:43
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	tfabris	08/04/2011 17:06
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	wfaulk	07/04/2011 17:41
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	siberia37	07/04/2011 19:26
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	andym	07/04/2011 22:27
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	wfaulk	08/04/2011 13:09
Re: Windows file and printer sharing only works if firewall turned off?	frog51	12/04/2011 08:57