CIFS Through VPN

[bask43]

Hi

I've found some comments about VPN for CIFS in the alfresco forum.
So I've set VPN in my windows 2003 test server.

Through the VPN the original file sharing of the window was successful. ie.
when I entered \\servername or \\vpnserverIP(=\\xxx.xx.xxx.xx)
I can connect successfuly,
but when I typed \\servernameA or \\vpnserverIP\alfersco(=\\xxx.xx.xxx.xx\alfresco) for alfresco I
can't connect to Alfresco CIFS

I think it would be related to VPN or Alfresco settings.

when I typed "nbtstat -n" on my remote server,  the result looks like below


Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [216.xxx.86.98] Scope Id: []
                NetBIOS Local Name Table
       Name               Type         Status
    ———————————————
    IMAGE          <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <00>  GROUP       Registered
    IMAGE          <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1E>  GROUP       Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1D>  UNIQUE      Registered
    ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>  GROUP       Registering
    IMAGEA         <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
    IMAGEA         <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:
Node IpAddress: [216.121.86.1] Scope Id: []
                NetBIOS Local Name Table
       Name               Type         Status
    ———————————————
    IMAGE          <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <00>  GROUP       Registered
    IMAGE          <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1E>  GROUP       Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1D>  UNIQUE      Registered
    ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>  GROUP       Registering


as you can see Alfresco CIFS deployed on NIC but doesn't deploy on RAS Server
Should I have set some cofigurations on Windows Server or Alfresco?

Would you let me know how to set or what to read?

Thank you in advance.

[forumuser]

I have exactly the same problem.  Did find the solution?

Thanks
Azam

[forumuser]

I think I found the problem.  Following is my understanding :

When you disable native smb using registry entry(SMBDeviceEnabled), The windows server no longer listens on port 445, instead the server will listen on netbios port 139.  Since most of the firewalls block port 139, you will not be able to share the file system.

Following is the link which explains this in details :

http://www.petri.co.il/what's_port_445_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm

Azam

[bask43]

So You mean you've solved the problem??? :shock:

[forumuser]

We stopped using CIFS to map network drive.  Instead, we are using webdav to map the network drive using WEBDRIVE utility.  There is one more similar utility called NETDRIVE.  But NETDRIVE is messing up the files particularly when you try to save Microsoft Project Files.

Azam