On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 10:04 -0700, Steve Croteau wrote: > On Wednesday 06 July 2005 3:42 am, Bob Chiodini wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 16:37 -0700, Steve Croteau wrote: > > > > Greetings All, > > > > I still can't figure out what in my mind should be a simple task. > I'm > > > > still struggling to share an HP 5550 deskjet with another FC3 box, > both > > > > connected to a Netgear router/firewall. > > > > > > > > I tried tweaking just about everything I could find under the > gnome print > > > > configuration window. I've tried disabling SELinux, and the FC3 > firewall > > > > in order to detect a cups queue but no luck. > > > > > > > > The local USB printer was automatically detected by box #1, the > only > > > > thing I had to adjust was the sharing. I set it to share to > network > > > > address 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.0. Nothing! I can't get box #2 to > see a > > > > browsed queue. > > > > > > > > Do I need to have 631:udp listed in 'other ports' under the > firewall > > > > setting in 'security level'? I even tried opening port 631 on the > > > > router. I previously used SuSE 9.1 before I came back to Fedora. > It was > > > > super easy in SuSE but I really want to stay with FC3. This is the > only > > > > configuration problem I'm having. > > > > > > > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Remember, type slowly > and > > > > clearly because even though I've been using this for a while I > still > > > > consider myself a newbie. Thanks!!! > > > > > > > > Steve Croteau > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > I'm running FC3, no firewall, connected to a Cisco switch, not that > much > > > different than yours. I have two remote printers configured on my > local > > > host as shared to all. If I go to another linux box (running > rawhide), > > > I can open a browser to localhost:631 and see the printers shared > from > > > the first box. I printed a test page to test their availability > without > > > problems. > > > > > > What do you see on Box #2 if you run firefox localhost:631? cupsd > must > > > be running on Box #2 and port 631 should be open through its > firewall as > > > in Box #1. > > > > > > Bob... > > Bob, > > Thank you for jumping in! On both computers I've opened up port > "631:udp" in 'other ports' under 'Security Level' in the Gnome > application menu. Firewall is active on both boxes, so is SE Linux. > > When I open up http://localhost:631 on box #1, I see the locally > connected HP as device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0. Test page worked fine. > > When I open up http://localhost:631 on box #2, I see "No printers". > > I have not specifically opened up port 631 on the Netgear FVS 318 > router at this time. I guess because I didn't need to do that when I > played with SuSE 9.1. > > Steve Steve, I noticed that in /etc/services ipp is also associated with TCP port 631. Possibly one of the access control options in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is not getting set correctly from the GUI tool. I would not imagine that you would need to open any ports in the router for this. Bob...
