> > Tom, > > > > Thanks for your help. Sorry my explanation was lame. > > > > Each of these Remote A, Remote B, and Remote C are separate networks in > > different and remote locations. > > > > B only has one ethernet card because the ISP has a router with nat > > translation directed to its ethernet card. ie the IP address of B is > > 10.0.0.x internally and the router translates the external 64.70.99.20 > > to 10.0.0.x. > > > > Remote A and Remote C have two internet cards each. One card is > > connected to the internet and the other card is connected to the local > > lan at each site. With A and C all traffic is required to go through > > them to reach the internet. With B I route all traffic through it, but > > the traffic is not required to go through it. > > > > Each of these networks has a different isp, and their own gateway ie (A, > > B, and C). I am getting ready to change isp on B and when that happens > > it will become a two ethernet card machine as well but before I switch I > > would like to be able to get cups to work behind a two ethernet card > > system. > > > > I use a subnet on the local network behind A, B, and C of 10.0.0.*. > > > > In essence I can easily get cups to work on a subnet behind a gateway > > that functions with the same subnet (B), but I can not get cups to work > > on a subnet on the inside of a gateway that has an external ip on a > > different subnet than the interal lan (A and C). > > > > Sure appreciate your help!!! > > > > Greg > > This sounds like an application that could use a vpn (virtual private network) > over the internet. I haven't done this yet but have seen it used at one > company. You should be able to get information from the LPD howto's on vpn > or try googling for vpn. > > HTH, > Tom > > -- > Tom Taylor > Linux user #263467 > Federal Way, WA > > Tom, I have not set up a VPN yet either and had wondered the same thing. Does this mean you believe that cups is not designed to perform in the way I the network designed? I thought cups was a little more robust than that!!! Greg
