On Saturday 14 April 2007, Registration Account wrote: > I have been running a test LAN, small group with such access limits. > There is nothing on the internet I cannot do with Ports above 1024 closed. > > If your need IRC, Messenger services like yahoo in MS do not open ports > 1024-65563. There is no requirement in a MS for them to be open.
Your concept of ports being "open" or "closed" suggests a very cursory understanding of tcp networking. Further, the discussion had nothing to do with the internet, it had only to do with samba on the local network. I suggest you aquaint yourself with the "netstat -an" command on windows some time -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]