does smb respond differently to incoming requests on port 445 and port 139?

[John L.Utz III]

TNx Gerry!



At Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:39:52 -0600,
Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> John L.Utz III wrote:
> | Hello;
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> | Heretofore, i had assumed that samba didnt care
> | if a client connected via 139 or 445.
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> | However, i've just read some documentation
> | that indicates that a windows client would
> | prefer to connect via 445.
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> port 445 connections avoid the overhead of the
> netbios layer.  That's pretty much it.
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> cheers, jerry
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