Error -43 and other strange things that happen trying to connect to windows

[jmt922e]

I have OS 10.2.8 and am trying to connect to the Windows DFS my office uses. My Mac is at work and thus inside the firewall.

I use Connect To =>smb://myurl.com/shared_drive

I get an error -43. Also, the login screen says I am logging into another local computer on the LAN.

I can log in directly to the local computer to which the DFS points, but can only see some of the shared folders.

Please help me. I've been trying to connect to the server off and on for over a year.

 

[gsahli]

Try specifying the Domain (or workgroup) in the Samba URI (the one that the server is in, not your Mac default). smb://_domain_/_computer_/_drive_

try this in terminal: smbclient -L servername -U username
this should tell you the domain/workgroup, for example, and shared drives, etc.
(I don't actually remember if smbclient is fully functional in Jaguar - I remember downloading a different version to make it work, but that was before 10.2.8, and I don't know if 10.2.8 fixed it.)