[Samba] WINS / port 445 question
Some information about Windows Direct Hosting (port 445) can be found at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q204279 Here you will see that, by disabling port 445 (direct hosting), all traffic reverts back to NBT. From what I can see, Direct Hosting is no more than SMB over TCP/IP, instead of using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP) as an intermediary transport. Blocking Direct Hosting should not break anything (it is merely a 'short-cut') but, once it gets implemented, it should reduce overhead on server and network. Kit -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] WINS / port 445 question
On one XP Pro client, I disabled WINS (removed the address of the WINS server), so name resolution is done by broadcast. In doing an ethernet trace of this client's interaction with my samba server (3.0.2a), I noticed that there was no traffic on port 445. All data traffic was on port 139. Is this coincidence or does disabling WINS on the client force netbios over TCP/IP? My configuration is samba 3.0.2a configured as a PDC. I am still using smbpasswd. My reason for doing this is that I am trying to get some understanding of a getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected which is happening all night long. It is being logged only for our XP Pro PC's. We don't see it on our W98 PC's and don't have any W2000 PC's. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
