Re: For the adults - let's see if the Apple trolls apologize if they're wrong

On Apr 17, 2025 at 10:27:19 PM EDT, "Marion" <marion@facts.com> wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:17:45 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
 
 

Currently there is a disagreement between me and the Apple trolls.

 

I'm not sure if this is helpful or harmful¡K.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/103229

 
Thanks. I appreciate you looking. I posted that same link a while
ago but it doesn't really tell us explicitly what we want to know.
 
To test what we want to know, I just spent the energy making the
connection from Windows and copying files and then debugging
which port was used.
 
Even though I couldn't explicitly set the port to 445, my debugging
results show unequivocally that Chris & Tyrone were right. I'm sure
that Jolly Roger is also right but he never added any value.
 
Chris did work. He added value. He deserves both thanks & an apology.
Likewise with Tyrone. He did work too. Hence he added value and hence he
also deserves a thank you and an apology.
 
I was wrong about iOS not allowing apps to bind to ports <1024.> My tests
below prove that the LAN drive app (which has been on my
iPad since I first tested it in 2019) did indeed bind to port 445.
 
Just like Chris said it did from the very beginning.
And just like Tyrone said it did from the very beginning.
Both of whom I believe tested it themselves before saying that.
 
Very clearly I am stating these two very clear unequivocal statements:
1. I apologize for not believing Chris & Tyrone & Jolly Roger.
2. Because what I said about the ports (even those I always said
   it was "as far as I know" or "as far as I understand it" or
   "as far as I can tell", etc., simply happened to be wrong.

First of all, let me say that I am fucking STUNNED.  I NEVER expected you to
apologize for this.

Now, onto helping you.

8. On Windows, type the connection command with the port specified
   net use Z: \192.168.1.252:445\LANdrive
    System error 67 has occurred.
    The network name cannot be found.

Your syntax is wrong. There is no option to specify the port (:445) in the
standard Net Use command in Windows 10. The error "The network name cannot be
found" is because it is looking for "192.168.1.252:445" which of course is an
invalid IP address

Starting in Windows 11 in 2023, the syntax is as I used:

Net Use \server\share /tcpport:445

Windows has ALWAYS used port 445 for SMB. It has done this since Windows 2000.
 In fact, until Windows 11 there is no way to change it. If you use the GUI in
Windows Explorer (under the Computer menu, Map Network Drive) you can connect
there too. It assumes port 445 AND there is no option to change it.

In Windows 11, you CAN specify the port. That is how I knew this SMB Server on
iOS was using port 445. Your net use command worked when you removed the
":445" because it was in fact connecting to port 445.  You just can't specify
that in Windows prior to Windows 11 build 25997.

Again, I am still stunned that you apologized.