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Re: VPN Question -- what ports does Appleshare IP use?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Smyser)
Tue Jul 16 17:48:59 2002

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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:48:40 -0400
To: Chris Meehan <cmeehan@mit.edu>, winpartners@mit.edu
From: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
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Facing this problem as well, I had toyed with the idea of using MacLan PC 
to use Appleshare.  Does anyone know offhand if I shouldn't bother -- that 
is, does it also use those ports?

Rob

At 02:07 PM 7/16/2002 -0400, Chris Meehan wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Now that AT&T has shut down the ports used for Microsoft file sharing we 
>are forced to look for alternative methods for our home users to connect 
>to the office servers.
>
>AT&T said that a VPN could be used to establish the connection, now that 
>the ports (137-139) are shut down.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with VPNs or a similar technology, that 
>would allow Microsoft file sharing with out using ports 137-139.
>
>Thanks
>Chris
>
>
>


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