Need to drop firewall for Win machines to connect via Samba.

When I setup this computer I put in one network card for connections to
the net, and added firewall software ( firestarter ).

After I got things running I added a second network card for my LAN
( this is the only machine to see the net, that way if someone breaks in
the damage is contained ). When I configured samba I discovered a basic
problem. My LAN would only see my samba shares if I dropped the firewall.

I'm wondering if there is something I didn't do when installing the
drivers for the second card to let Linux ( and the firewall know
that the second card is connected to a LAN )?

PS THe first I configured to use DHCP but for the second card I allocated
a ( local ) address.

olczyk wrote:
> When I setup this computer I put in one network card for connections to
> the net, and added firewall software ( firestarter ).
>
> After I got things running I added a second network card for my LAN
> ( this is the only machine to see the net, that way if someone breaks in
> the damage is contained ). When I configured samba I discovered a basic
> problem. My LAN would only see my samba shares if I dropped the firewall.
>
> I'm wondering if there is something I didn't do when installing the
> drivers for the second card to let Linux ( and the firewall know
> that the second card is connected to a LAN )?
>
> PS THe first I configured to use DHCP but for the second card I allocated
> a ( local ) address.
>
>

Assuming, firestarter is not configuring itself (that's what we expect
of firewall tools), you probably need to setup the second device with
all it's rules.

greetz,
Eric

olczyk wrote:
> When I setup this computer I put in one network card for connections to
> the net, and added firewall software ( firestarter ).
>
> After I got things running I added a second network card for my LAN
> ( this is the only machine to see the net, that way if someone breaks in
> the damage is contained ). When I configured samba I discovered a basic
> problem. My LAN would only see my samba shares if I dropped the firewall.
>
> I'm wondering if there is something I didn't do when installing the
> drivers for the second card to let Linux ( and the firewall know
> that the second card is connected to a LAN )?
>
> PS THe first I configured to use DHCP but for the second card I allocated
> a ( local ) address.
>
>

Assuming, firestarter is not configuring itself (that's what we expect
of firewall tools), you probably need to setup the second device with
all its rules.

The rules can be easily added within the GUI. Otherwise you may try a
new configuration.

greetz,
Eric