Stupid Question on mapping network drive between diff. network segment

[DrivesMeCrazy]

hi guys,

this question just came to my mind.
If i need to map to another network drive which is in a different network segment.
Will this work? If not, I need to open ports on the firewall?
What are the port no. btw?

thanks in advance

 

[ChicagoTechNet]

it depens on the connection. can you ping the remote ip? if yes, can you ping the remore computer name? if yes, what do you get if using net view \\computername?

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[DrivesMeCrazy]

ha.. i can't ping to the remote ip addr.
totally different network segment and worst of all my workstations sitting on an extranet.

 

[JockFrog]

Hi,
You need to declare the machines and subnets used on each side of the firewall that you want to map.
Either <all> protocols or <any> to pass on the same rule.
Put this rule in quite early to eliminate any other rule from blocking your traffic.

Hope this helps you,
Jock