WIndows Connection to xserve from home

Hello,
We are a school that is trying to connect to our server from our house on both mac and pc. Macs work fine but pcs don't.
We have an apple xserve running 10.4 that is connected to our network with an outside ip address.
If someone can help it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Please provide more details, as you haven't given us much to go on. Help us help you.
What specifically happens when you try to connect? Do you get an error message? If so, what?
How is the network setup?
Is Windows/SMB file sharing turned on at the server?
Are the appropriate ports opened on your routers to allow SMB protocols through?

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