Re: Netserver problem

You might want to try another fellow at ATT I had someone check with them
and they said they did bloack NETBIOS (I had him ask about the port
numbers) And I heard if they did not you would be able to see your
neighbors shares. Even their web site says they block NETBIOS. They do not
say if they just block incoming traffic or both.

Why doesn't AT&T Broadband have a firewall in place for me?
Currently, AT&T Broadband does filter the netbios ports 137, 138 and 139 as
well as DHCP traffic on ports 67 and 68. We believe that putting a firewall
in place for our customers on the network would be too restrictive to their
enjoyment and usage of the Internet. We do not believe it should be up to
the ISP to determine what kind of access you can have to the Internet but
instead, we recommend that our customers consider installing a firewall
themselves. It is up to the customer to regulate how much access they would
like from the Internet.

The above is from   http://help.broadband.att.com/legal/questions.jsp

John Ross

At 12:08 AM 4/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm trying to connect to a 400 at work, from home. The connection is over
>ATT Broadband Internet, so I'm definitely not in the same subnet.
>
>I've asked ATT if they block NETBIOS. The fellow I spoke with says no.