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    • WrCombsW
      WrCombs @Kelly
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      @kelly said in Cant communicate:

      I'm facing a parallel issue where a workgroup share is inaccessible, so I've been doing a lot of testing. One of things I've noticed in my tests is that when the Windows Firewall is off then port 445 closes automatically. Have you tried it with the firewalls on, but with SMB-In configured properly in the firewall settings?

      I have not..

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      • KellyK
        Kelly @Kelly
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        You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

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        • WrCombsW
          WrCombs @Kelly
          last edited by

          @kelly said in Cant communicate:

          You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

          I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

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          • KellyK
            Kelly @WrCombs
            last edited by

            @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

            @kelly said in Cant communicate:

            You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

            I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

            https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

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              1337 @Kelly
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              @kelly said in Cant communicate:

              @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

              @kelly said in Cant communicate:

              You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

              I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

              https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

              Better to use a port scanner, for instance nmap for windows. https://nmap.org/download.html

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              • KellyK
                Kelly @1337
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                @pete-s said in Cant communicate:

                @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

                @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

                I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

                https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

                Better to use a port scanner, for instance nmap for windows. https://nmap.org/download.html

                I would use Nmap on my system, but for troubleshooting a client machine I'd rather use something lighter and faster. YMMV

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                  1337 @Kelly
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                  @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                  @pete-s said in Cant communicate:

                  @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                  @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

                  @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                  You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

                  I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

                  https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

                  Better to use a port scanner, for instance nmap for windows. https://nmap.org/download.html

                  I would use Nmap on my system, but for troubleshooting a client machine I'd rather use something lighter and faster. YMMV

                  Yes, but installing the complete openssh server on windows isn't light weight.
                  For telnet and ssh client it's better to just run putty.exe in that case.
                  https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

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                  • KellyK
                    Kelly @1337
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                    @pete-s said in Cant communicate:

                    @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                    @pete-s said in Cant communicate:

                    @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                    @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

                    @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                    You can test the port using telnet or ssh (assuming you have either installed on a client). It will at least tell you if you can reach the port.

                    I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

                    https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

                    Better to use a port scanner, for instance nmap for windows. https://nmap.org/download.html

                    I would use Nmap on my system, but for troubleshooting a client machine I'd rather use something lighter and faster. YMMV

                    Yes, but installing the complete openssh server on windows isn't light weight.
                    For telnet and ssh client it's better to just run putty.exe in that case.
                    https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

                    Putty used to have less than helpful error messages. It looks like that has changed since the last time I used it. Either way, I'm done arguing with you.

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre
                      last edited by

                      If the terminals are Windows XP, then telnet is installed by default. In Windows 7, it can be installed, or you can get Putty Portable or something like that.

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                      • WrCombsW
                        WrCombs @dafyre
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                        @dafyre said in Cant communicate:

                        If the terminals are Windows XP, then telnet is installed by default. In Windows 7, it can be installed, or you can get Putty Portable or something like that.

                        One terminal is Windows XP

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @WrCombs
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                          @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

                          @dafyre said in Cant communicate:

                          If the terminals are Windows XP, then telnet is installed by default. In Windows 7, it can be installed, or you can get Putty Portable or something like that.

                          One terminal is Windows XP

                          Try telnetting from that terminal...

                          Open command prompt and

                          telnet 192.168.128.xxx 445

                          If it can't connect, it will tell you right away.

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                            1337 @Kelly
                            last edited by

                            @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                            I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

                            https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

                            Better to use a port scanner, for instance nmap for windows. https://nmap.org/download.html

                            I would use Nmap on my system, but for troubleshooting a client machine I'd rather use something lighter and faster. YMMV

                            Yes, but installing the complete openssh server on windows isn't light weight.
                            For telnet and ssh client it's better to just run putty.exe in that case.
                            https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

                            Putty used to have less than helpful error messages. It looks like that has changed since the last time I used it. Either way, I'm done arguing with you.

                            Sorry, didn't mean to start an argument for the sake of arguments. You brought up a good point which is to test with telnet which I appreciate. :thumbs_up:

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                            • KellyK
                              Kelly @1337
                              last edited by

                              @pete-s said in Cant communicate:

                              @kelly said in Cant communicate:

                              I dont believe i have either installed on the client side

                              https://chocolatey.org/packages/openssh

                              Better to use a port scanner, for instance nmap for windows. https://nmap.org/download.html

                              I would use Nmap on my system, but for troubleshooting a client machine I'd rather use something lighter and faster. YMMV

                              Yes, but installing the complete openssh server on windows isn't light weight.
                              For telnet and ssh client it's better to just run putty.exe in that case.
                              https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

                              Putty used to have less than helpful error messages. It looks like that has changed since the last time I used it. Either way, I'm done arguing with you.

                              Sorry, didn't mean to start an argument for the sake of arguments. You brought up a good point which is to test with telnet which I appreciate. :thumbs_up:

                              That makes sense. It has been a rough week, so sorry if I read too much into your comments.

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                                scotth
                                last edited by

                                I scanned this thread quickly.
                                Same workgroup?
                                Joined domain?
                                Same activated account in backoffice? Same level of security?
                                Did something switch to the Public Network in Network & Sharing Center?
                                I believe I saw earlier about the firewall needing to be enabled for 445 to work. That's true AFAIR.

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                                • WrCombsW
                                  WrCombs @scotth
                                  last edited by

                                  @scotth said in Cant communicate:

                                  I scanned this thread quickly.
                                  Same workgroup?

                                  yes

                                  Joined domain?

                                  yes

                                  Same activated account in backoffice? Same level of security?

                                  same account,

                                  Did something switch to the Public Network in Network & Sharing Center?

                                  These settings did not get changed

                                  I believe I saw earlier about the firewall needing to be enabled for 445 to work. That's true AFAIR.

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                                  • WrCombsW
                                    WrCombs
                                    last edited by

                                    Site is currently unreachable on my end. Hoping the onsite guy can figure it out enough to get it back on line.. we shall see.. .

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @WrCombs
                                      last edited by

                                      @wrcombs said in Cant communicate:

                                      Site is currently unreachable on my end. Hoping the onsite guy can figure it out enough to get it back on line.. we shall see.. .

                                      Maybe that is the issue 😉

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                                      • jmooreJ
                                        jmoore @WrCombs
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                                        @wrcombs hopefully someone just being onsite will provide enough clues to see what is happening. sometimes that's just the way it is.

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                                        • WrCombsW
                                          WrCombs
                                          last edited by

                                          Apparently re-imaging the PC fixed the issue...

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                                          • jmooreJ
                                            jmoore @WrCombs
                                            last edited by

                                            @wrcombs dang so onsite person gave up. must have baffled him too

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