Firewall

[Tom]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

Hello,

what I have to allow in MS firewall on computer with WinXp Sp2 to use this
from "Run..." : \\computer\c$
and I can connect with RemoteDesktop when I used ip adress but when I used
computer name it dosnt work.
I guess its same problem.

tom

 

[kenneth]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

Hello,

A wild guess is allowing these port in your firewall:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

Port Assignments:

Keyword Decimal Description
------- ------- -----------
netbios-ns 137/tcp NETBIOS Name Service
netbios-ns 137/udp NETBIOS Name Service


/Kenneth


Tom wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> what I have to allow in MS firewall on computer with WinXp Sp2 to use this
> from "Run..." : \\computer\c$
> and I can connect with RemoteDesktop when I used ip adress but when I used
> computer name it dosnt work.
> I guess its same problem.
>
> tom