Guest pavel Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Hello, I'm having a problem setting up a network printer. Here's the situation: Server A is directly connected to the internet (Router A) and is running Windows 2003 Server. Router B is connected to the Router A. Printer A is connected to the Router B. Client 1-X are connected to the Router B. Server A and the Clients 1-X are all in the same VPN. Clients 1-X connect through the remote desktop to remote Server B, where they need to use the Printer A (in an app running on the Server B). The problem is, even if I connect the Server B to the same VPN as Clients 1-X are in, it fails to find the printer. The Printer A is properly installed and sharing is turned on. For example: Client 1 has an IP address 192.168.10.200 (VPN), the Printer A as mentioned above is properly installed and shared, it's name is for example 'HP'. When I type \\192.168.10.200\ into the 'Find printers' dialog, I can see the '\\192.168.10.200\HP' option automagically pop-up, so the Server B actually *knows* that there's something it could connect to, yet when I click the 'Next' button it immediately alerts that the printer is unreachable. I've even tried turning off all firewalls, it didn't work either. Thanks for any help, Pavel.
Guest Meskalit Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Re: Printer sharing On Feb 6, 11:10 am, "pavel" <the.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having a problem setting up a network printer. Here's the situation: > > Server A is directly connected to the internet (Router A) and is running > Windows 2003 Server. > Router B is connected to the Router A. > Printer A is connected to the Router B. > Client 1-X are connected to the Router B. > > Server A and the Clients 1-X are all in the same VPN. > Clients 1-X connect through the remote desktop to remote Server B, where > they need to use the Printer A (in an app running on the Server B). The > problem is, even if I connect the Server B to the same VPN as Clients 1-X > are in, it fails to find the printer. The Printer A is properly installed > and sharing is turned on. For example: > > Client 1 has an IP address 192.168.10.200 (VPN), the Printer A as mentioned > above is properly installed and shared, it's name is for example 'HP'. When > I type \\192.168.10.200\ into the 'Find printers' dialog, I can see the > '\\192.168.10.200\HP' option automagically pop-up, so the Server B actually > *knows* that there's something it could connect to, yet when I click the > 'Next' button it immediately alerts that the printer is unreachable. > > I've even tried turning off all firewalls, it didn't work either. > > Thanks for any help, Pavel. Check 135-139 and 445 ports are properly accessible from network B to network A. I think this is a reason. http://www.petri.co.il/what's_port_445_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm
Guest pavel Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Re: Printer sharing There are no firewalls/whatever that could block these ports within the VPN. "Meskalit" <meskalit@gmail.com> píse v diskusním príspevku news:838a234e-75d0-4dfc-96d0-d235f046e0c4@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com... On Feb 6, 11:10 am, "pavel" <the.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having a problem setting up a network printer. Here's the situation: > > Server A is directly connected to the internet (Router A) and is running > Windows 2003 Server. > Router B is connected to the Router A. > Printer A is connected to the Router B. > Client 1-X are connected to the Router B. > > Server A and the Clients 1-X are all in the same VPN. > Clients 1-X connect through the remote desktop to remote Server B, where > they need to use the Printer A (in an app running on the Server B). The > problem is, even if I connect the Server B to the same VPN as Clients 1-X > are in, it fails to find the printer. The Printer A is properly installed > and sharing is turned on. For example: > > Client 1 has an IP address 192.168.10.200 (VPN), the Printer A as > mentioned > above is properly installed and shared, it's name is for example 'HP'. > When > I type \\192.168.10.200\ into the 'Find printers' dialog, I can see the > '\\192.168.10.200\HP' option automagically pop-up, so the Server B > actually > *knows* that there's something it could connect to, yet when I click the > 'Next' button it immediately alerts that the printer is unreachable. > > I've even tried turning off all firewalls, it didn't work either. > > Thanks for any help, Pavel. Check 135-139 and 445 ports are properly accessible from network B to network A. I think this is a reason. http://www.petri.co.il/what's_port_445_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm
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