On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 18:17, Bill Polhemus wrote: > Here's what I tried, and what I got: > > # smbclient --ip-address xx.xx.xxx.xx --user myuser //myserver/myshare > timeout connecting to xx.x.xxx.xx:445 > timeout connecting to xx.x.xxx.xx:139 > Error connecting to xx.x.xxx.xx (Operation already in progress) > Connection to myserver failed > > I tried this first with, and then without, the VPN (pptp) connection > running, and got the same result. Is the pptp connection giving you access to the rest of the network behind the connection, and is the server you want to access on the same subnet or do you need additional routing? Start by trying to ping the remote ip address. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx