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Asked: 2021-11-25T13:40:01+00:00 In:

Can’t Access Shared Folder Over Internet

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Hi, I’m pretty new to this forum, so please excuse if I sounds funny

Let me first provide a brief description here,

I’ve got a windows server 2003 machine which access internet over a Netgear N150 router also I’ve got an static IP, now internet is working properly even I can ping my machine from a remote machine.

Here starts the real problem, I’ve shared few folders which I can’t access from any remote machine not in my LAN.

Although I could access my server through remote desktop and everything else is working fine, so please guide me guys

Note: I’ve opened port 445 on router even that didn’t helped also Windows firewall is OFF.

Now when I try to browse my server through \\myserverip it shows me a blank window but when I tried to access it like \\myserverip\sharedfolder it gives me error which reads something like
“File and printer sharing seems online but server is not responding on port 445.”

Please help me guys, I’ve tried to explain it in some technical way although doesn’t know if I succeed a bit 🙂

Thanks in advance

Nizam Khan

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    1. If the server is connected to a router through the internet, there is a firewall in between the server and the internet and you have to create NAT rules for that ports in the routers firewall, as tonysathre mentioned.

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    2. You can’t just open the ports, you need to create a NAT rule that forwards traffic on a specific ingress port to the private address of your server.
      Can you telnet to any of the SMB ports?

      Are you even being prompted to login? If not, then your problem is probably what I mentioned at the top of this post.

      Tony

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    3. Do not allow SMB connections from the Internet. Instead, setup a VPN connection to your server so you can access your local resources securely. Even a PPTP VPN would be better than what you’re trying to do.

      PPTP VPN Setup

      Does require a second NIC.

      Tony

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