>Perhaps the fact that I run a local name server makes a difference,
>because the Win95 boxes will never try to contact any external name
>servers; instead, they will ask the local server, and it always knows
>the answers for local hostnames.
This is definately one reason. Also.. do you use Microsoft File/Print
Sharing on your internal LAN?
>My firewall is setup to deny incoming SMB traffic, but I don't have
>anything stopping outgoing traffic, and I haven't seen any of the boxes
>attempt to SMB their way out of my network.
Are you applying any filters on the internal interface? I also hope
you have Samba configured to only run on the internal interface
and not ALL interfaces.
--David
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