blocked port

[Chris Tooley]

At least in our area, the @home network blocks NetBIOS traffic through
their network as it is used by the large group of hackers out there that
attack users.  This shouldn't be a problem though as your VPN software
should make a direct connection to the "local" network you are
connecting to and should not try to send a request to port 139 through
the @Home network.

Chris Tooley

James Sutherland wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Ron Alexander wrote:
> 
> > I think I have discovered why many of the tests fail between my server and
> > my pc.
> >
> > It appears that port 139 is blocked between my server and my PC. I am using
> > the @home network and VPN. Has anyone heard of this happening before, and if
> > so, how do you 'fix' it.
> 
> What's the VPN system you're using? Do you mean the server can't connect
> to your PC's port 139, or vice versa?
> 
> > I changed my services file on my pc, but a netstat -na shows that 139 is
> > still listening. I have searched the registry and all my ini files, but
> > there is no port 139.
> 
> services file ... registry?? Port 139 = NetBIOS. It will be part of the
> OS's networking subsystem, so you won't see any reference to this port
> number (it'll be a hardwired constant somewhere).
> 
> James.