Unable to map drives on computer via internet

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Claude

I have access to 2 computers in different locations, both running Windows XP
Professional with simple file sharing turned off. I am suddenly unable to
map drives on either computer via the internet. I have batch files on both
computers with commands such as "net use h: \\123.123.123.123\c
/persistent:NO". They worked fine in both directions until 2 days ago. I
have the same usernames and passwords on both computers. No settings were
changed on either computer. Now I get "The network path was not found" when
I run the batch files on both computers. I can still use NetMeeting to
control the desktop of the remote computer, so I know it is working. .Both
computers have DSL, one an "always on" connection with a static IP address,
the other a PPP connection with a dynamic address. I have a service, which I
wrote, running on the computer with the dynamic address which automatically
logs on when the computer reboots and which emails me the new dynamic
addresss whenever the address changes. I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling the file sharing service on both computers. Nothing works.
HELP!!!
 
Claude said:
I have access to 2 computers in different locations, both running Windows XP
Professional with simple file sharing turned off. I am suddenly unable to
map drives on either computer via the internet. I have batch files on both
computers with commands such as "net use h: \\123.123.123.123\c
/persistent:NO". They worked fine in both directions until 2 days ago. I
have the same usernames and passwords on both computers. No settings were
changed on either computer. Now I get "The network path was not found" when
I run the batch files on both computers. I can still use NetMeeting to
control the desktop of the remote computer, so I know it is working. .Both
computers have DSL, one an "always on" connection with a static IP address,
the other a PPP connection with a dynamic address. I have a service, which I
wrote, running on the computer with the dynamic address which automatically
logs on when the computer reboots and which emails me the new dynamic
addresss whenever the address changes. I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling the file sharing service on both computers. Nothing works.
HELP!!!
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You should not really try to do this.
Having your file shares open to the internet is insecure,
and a means of entry for viruses (viri?? ) and worms.

The current rash of msblast worm is due to people
running insecure machines open to the Internet.

Your firewall ( you *do* have a firewall, don't you? )
should certainly block file+print sharing from the Internet,
and your ISP may or may not block these ports too.

If you wish to share files over the Internet, use a less
dangerous way, like FTP.
 
Ron,

Given that none of the suggestions from Benny worked, I think the problem
may very well be that one of the ISPs involved turned off the port. I do
have firewalls. In the case of the remote machine, I allow almost anything
from the machine with the static IP address. I can't do that in reverse,
since the other machine's IP address is dynamic. I just turn temporarily
turn off the firewall on the static IP PC when I need to access that
machine. I have the file sharing permissions set on both machines to only
give access to administrators and I have good passwords set. I know it is
not foolproof, but I've never loss any data so far. I have found a
workaround. I temporily set up web sharing (which seems even less secure),
to transfer files, and then quickly turn it off. However, web sharing seems
much slower than regular file sharing and I can't merge outlook .pst files
using Import/Export without first having to transfer the remote .pst file to
a local directory first.
 
Dear Claude,

Thank you for your reply.

Based on this, I think you can use the FTP method that Ron suggested as a
work around to transfer files between two computer through Internet.

Thanks and have a good day!

Regards,

Benny Fu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Microsoft Corporation
Get Secure! – www.microsoft.com/security

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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| Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 07:12:08 -0700
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| Ron,
|
| Given that none of the suggestions from Benny worked, I think the problem
| may very well be that one of the ISPs involved turned off the port. I do
| have firewalls. In the case of the remote machine, I allow almost anything
| from the machine with the static IP address. I can't do that in reverse,
| since the other machine's IP address is dynamic. I just turn temporarily
| turn off the firewall on the static IP PC when I need to access that
| machine. I have the file sharing permissions set on both machines to only
| give access to administrators and I have good passwords set. I know it is
| not foolproof, but I've never loss any data so far. I have found a
| workaround. I temporily set up web sharing (which seems even less secure),
| to transfer files, and then quickly turn it off. However, web sharing
seems
| much slower than regular file sharing and I can't merge outlook .pst files
| using Import/Export without first having to transfer the remote .pst file
to
| a local directory first.
|
| | > | > > I have access to 2 computers in different locations, both running
| Windows
| > XP
| > > Professional with simple file sharing turned off. I am suddenly unable
| to
| > > map drives on either computer via the internet. I have batch files on
| both
| > > computers with commands such as "net use h: \\123.123.123.123\c
| > > /persistent:NO". They worked fine in both directions until 2 days
ago. I
| > > have the same usernames and passwords on both computers. No settings
| were
| > > changed on either computer. Now I get "The network path was not found"
| > when
| > > I run the batch files on both computers. I can still use NetMeeting to
| > > control the desktop of the remote computer, so I know it is working.
| .Both
| > > computers have DSL, one an "always on" connection with a static IP
| > address,
| > > the other a PPP connection with a dynamic address. I have a service,
| which
| > I
| > > wrote, running on the computer with the dynamic address which
| > automatically
| > > logs on when the computer reboots and which emails me the new dynamic
| > > addresss whenever the address changes. I have tried uninstalling and
| > > reinstalling the file sharing service on both computers. Nothing
works.
| > > HELP!!!
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
| > You should not really try to do this.
| > Having your file shares open to the internet is insecure,
| > and a means of entry for viruses (viri?? ) and worms.
| >
| > The current rash of msblast worm is due to people
| > running insecure machines open to the Internet.
| >
| > Your firewall ( you *do* have a firewall, don't you? )
| > should certainly block file+print sharing from the Internet,
| > and your ISP may or may not block these ports too.
| >
| > If you wish to share files over the Internet, use a less
| > dangerous way, like FTP.
| >
| > --
| > Best Regards,
| > Ron Lowe
| > MS-MVP Windows Networking
| >
| >
|
|
|
 
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