> I still can't seem to make samba and iptables work properly. > > First connection - I need to turn iptables off > Succeeding connections - I can turn iptables on > > I have done this already: > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -s 190.200.5.51 --dport 137:139 -j ACCEPT > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p udp -s 190.200.5.51 --dport 137:139 -j ACCEPT > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -s 190.200.5.51 --dport 445 -j ACCEPT > > It's being blocked in the 1st attempt so I need to turn > iptables off to make it work. > Based on "iptables -nvL" the 3 lines above produce accepted packets. > Now what else do I need to add to make the 1st transaction to work? > > By the way, I have 2 network cards. How do I know which one > is being used by samba? Do you also have something like : $IPTABLES -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT Gr, Rob