Re: Connecting to remote drives

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Thanks for the answer. What confuses me is that my cable provider (Charter)
said that they didn't block any ports. It is strange that I have no problem
with any other services or ports except for this one. Do you know which
ports are involved or how I tell if they are being blocked?

Thanks,

Brian

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

To access sharing files you need to open some ports. When you used DSL, it
didn't block those ports. It is recommended to setup VPN and access the
remote resource. If you do want to access the sharing over internet, this
search result may help.

Configure ports for sharing
Configure the ports of Firewall or security software to allow sharing.
If you can't access a networking computer or can see it but access, ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Security/portforsharing.htm


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"minstrel" <minstrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Win 2003 server at my office with a shared drive. I sometimes
work
at home with XP. I had been able to connect to the shared drive from home
by
using its IP address, e.g. \\111.22.33.44.

I just changed my home internet provider from DSL to cable. I've
reconfigured my server firewall for the new remote IP address range.
Everything works fine and I can connect to my server through ftp, http,
etc.
but I can no longer connect to the server's shared drive. I'm not sure
what
I have to configure. The server doesn't have a VPN setup so I don't think
any major configuration is necessary. But I'm missing a step and I can't
figure out what it is. Any ideas?

If there a different forum I should be posting to, please let me know.

Thanks,

Brian


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