From: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
To: Song Wang <song_wang@msn.com>
Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: Netbios problem with NAT
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:15:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030723121512.GL3733@naboo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-F38OUbYAGeZNeH00001598@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:00:25AM -0700, Song Wang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found a problem with netbios when 2 Windows PCs behind a NAT router try
> to access the same shared directory on the Windows server sitting on
> the other side of the NAT router. (kernel 2.4.17 w/ iptables 1.2.7a)
why did you ever think that this would work? Even the microsoft
knowledge base contains an article that you'd need some kind of special
NAT support for it, in order to mangle the contents of the netbios
packets.
> Could this be a problem of netbios with connection tracking? Maybe we need
> to write a nat helper module for netbios?
yes, indeed. A nat helper would be required. Patches welcome.
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2003-07-22 7:00 Netbios problem with NAT Song Wang
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