Ports

[Lars Kneschke]

Matthew Geddes wrote:
> 
> > Mike wrote:
> >
> > I am running Linux/SAMBA on a file server. All works well. Whilst
> > monitoring network traffic I note a lot of traffic from an NT4.0 box
> > hitting the Linux box on port 137. Anyone know what it is trying to
> > do?
> >
> > Also, I am setting up a firewall, hence the monitoring. Where can I
> > find a list of ports I need to keep available for SAMBA to work.
> >
> > Mike
> 
> I'm pretty sure port 137 is the NetBIOS name service. So it's probably
> WINS or browse list traffic? Someone else would know for sure.
Port's 137-139 should be enough. 

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