Comments on: Why won't my LAN and WAN play together?

Question: Why won't my LAN and WAN play together?

holgate — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:10:20 -0800

I can share files over SMB on a local network, or do stuff on the internets -- but not at the same time. How can I make the LAN and WAN play nice?

The kit: WinXP Pro serving the SMB shares, Linksys WRT54G router with HyperWRT, iBook connecting wirelessly.

I can mount the SMB shares on the iBook, but as soon as I do anything with the WAN -- browse the web, check email -- the connection drops like a stone. It means I can't transfer files or work with remote files without ensuring that I won't receive stray packets from the outside world. I've tried different router firmwares, checked firewalls, and done all the usual network diagnostics. Any idea what might be up?

By: ny_scotsman

ny_scotsman — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:44:19 -0800

Try running "ping [xp box ip]" on your iBook while you mount and browse the shares and then browse the web. Do you keep getting responses?

By: holgate

holgate — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:32:49 -0800

Pings work fine: it's definitely limited to SMB. And looking at the syslog, I now see that it's been discussed here and here. Grr. Thanks, anyway.