2Degrees Broadband blocking port 445?

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tegraman

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#280349 10-Dec-2020 09:15

We have 2Degrees business broadband in the office, and I am trying to access an Azure storage account. Mapping a drive to the account fails, and the cause is that port 445 is being blocked.

The same thing works fine via my home ISP (Vodafone).

Does 2Degrees block port 445?

(I've tried asking 2Degrees directly via their contact page, but have had no response!)

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cyril7

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#2619230 10-Dec-2020 10:29

Hi, ummmmm are you trying to connect a direct SMB share over port 445 (which is SMB default port)? if so do you understand the security issues related with doing this, was this something Microsoft advised you to do?

Cyril

Edit, there is a very good reason the Fritz has those ports blocked by default, please understand to do SMB over the internet is not a safe thing to do.

c0ld

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#2619403 10-Dec-2020 13:11

tegraman:

The router is the Fritz!Box 7490 supplied by 2Degrees.

I can't see any settings via the Fritz!Box web interface that indicate any port blocking is in place. I can can see where that would be set up (Internet->Filters->Access profiles->Blocked Applications) but there's nothing there.

Internet->Filters->Lists->Global FIlter Settings

You'll find 'NetBIOS filter enabled' setting in there. As mentioned previously, be mindful of risks if disabling.