Re: shared printer?

[Brian Elder <brianelder01@gmail.com>]

Have you tried to add a static route on the Windows box to that specific IP/network?

I came across a similar issue - Needed to configure a dsl modem, remotely. We use 172.x.x.x and the modem was on 192.x.x.x
I RDC'd into the branch server (has 2 NICs, not sure if that matters), set a static route with CMD command "route add", and could then ping it and web into it.

As long as whatever router you are using can see both networks, a static route could be the solution. 


Thanks,
~Brian

On Oct 26, 2011, at 6:57 AM, "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 06:48 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>> I have an HP LaserJet 2430dtn set up as a shared printer under RHEL6.
>> It's a JetDirect device with a local non-routable IP address. My RHEL6
>> server has two Ethernet ports, one with public IP address and one with a
>> local non-routable IP address to access the printer.
>> 
>> While this printer works perfectly with the RHEL6 server, and from any
>> desktop and laptop using the local non-routable address space. But I
>> haven't figured out how to access that printer from a Windows laptop
>> with a local address. Does anyone know how to access a Linux shared
>> network printer with Windows?
> 
> Oops... Make that "from a Windows laptop with a *public* address". In
> that situation the Windows laptop cannot see the printer directly since
> they're on different networks. It wants the RHEL6 server to make that
> network bridge in the sharing process. Trouble is, Windows 7 is not
> "seeing" my shared printer.
> 
> --Doc
> 
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