Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1885 mails)

[Oddball <monkey9@xxxxxx>]

Rodney Baker schreef:
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:15:06 lynn wrote:
>   
> > > > FWIW, the NAS uses BusyBox Linux. Not sure if I can ask questions about
> > > > that here.
> > > >         
> > > Try to see with Wireshark (ex etheral). It is included in distro and even
> > > in very simple configuration can tell you what is wrong.
> > >       
> > Hi here is the wireshark output. Any idea what it means? If you have a
> > minute? I've no idea!
> >
> > http://sierraberniaschool.com/lynn.txt
> >
> > L x
> >     
>
> Lynn,
>
> Either the firewall is blocking broadcasts from outside (the NAS side) to 
> inside (the server side) or it is blocking outgoing netbios packets. The NAS 
> box is trying to do a netbios name query to determine the address of the 
> server - it is then getting no response so it tries a DNS query (which goes 
> to 
> your ISP's DNS, which probably doesn't know where your server is anyway, 
> since 
> it is on your internal network). 
>
> The NAS box then tries to force a browser election by claiming to be the 
> master browser for your network (your server 192.168.1.3 probably should be 
> the master browser). Apart from DNS, nowhere do I see the server responding 
> to 
> the netbios name queries and (as Rajko noted elsewhere) your trace finishes 
> before the browser election is completed.
>
> Does your ADSL router have a built-in firewall? If so, can I suggest that you 
> enable that and turn off Suse Firewall? That's how I run my network - I have 
> in fact 2 routers between the network and the outside world -  a wireless 
> router/switch inside the network which talks to the DSL/VoIP modem/router 
> that 
> is the interface to outside. Both of these devices have firewalls enabled 
> (probably a bit over the top - one would do) so I dont' bother with the 
> software firewall (SuSE Firewall) on the server and all Windoze boxes have 
> their Windoze firewall turned off too.
>
> That way, all machines talking to the server are inside the firewall and I 
> don't have to worry about access problems between machines (it also helps 
> that 
> I'm the only user, apart from the wife very occassionally).
>
> HTH.
>
> Rodney.
>   
This is a sane setup, and indeed, one routerfirewall will do, (...i do
not use SFW either, as it too big hassle to get it to work, and *keep*
working after upgrades..)

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