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printer sharing

i was wondering when a user is logged into astaro through vpn
can the other users on the network behind the astaro machine print to that users printer if i setup sharing?
if not can someone explain what i would need to do?
Thanks so much have a great day you deserve it

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0 BarryG over 19 years ago

You'd at least need PacketFilter rules allowing the traffic.
If you're NATing your VPN, then you'd need DNAT also.

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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to BarryG

thank you for the quick response.
could you tell me an example of how to accomplish this or a step by step example ?
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0 BarryG over 19 years ago in reply to newbieuserVPN

Haven't done it myself.

If you're doing it with Windows sharing, you'd need to open the relevant ports (usually 135-139, and 445).

If you have a Unix or Mac server, or a JetDirect or similar, it's a different port.

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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to BarryG

hmm im having alot of trouble trying to get port forwarding working period...
i set a packet rule as
Any 0.0.0.0/0 pcanywhere 192.168.1.25 server

i then set a NAT rule as
pcanywhere Any -> server / pcanywhere None server

It still rejects the rule ?
is there something else im missing?
if i from the internal network telnet to that port it works fine...so i know the network is setup ok. Also i know all ips are correctly setup?
please help
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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to newbieuserVPN

also in the packet logs
141.149.*.* 4222 -> 68.236.*.* 5631 TCP 48 127 DF WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0

stars are for security reasons
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0 BarryG over 19 years ago in reply to newbieuserVPN

Not sure offhand what the problem is, but have you read the howto's and getting-started guides?
http://www.astaro.com/kb/

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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to BarryG

found the port problem via the howtos
i had source port as 5631 when it shouldve been 1:65000
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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to newbieuserVPN

barry
you stated printer sharing is based on ip ?
what about netbios and if i setup astaro to use netbios both directions so that i can have vpn users print to each other?
can this be done?
is this called something im not aware of (terminology wise) ?
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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to newbieuserVPN

barry
you stated printer sharing is based on ip ?
what about netbios and if i setup astaro to use netbios both directions so that i can have vpn users print to each other?
can this be done?
is this called something im not aware of (terminology wise) ?
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0 BarryG over 19 years ago in reply to newbieuserVPN

Windows (since 95?) does netbios over IP.
(TCP/UDP ports 135-139, and recently, 445)

Yes, allowing the traffic both ways should do what you need.
You might also need to point the remote user at your WINS server, if possible. Otherwise, you can edit the hosts or lmhosts file.

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0 newbieuserVPN over 19 years ago in reply to BarryG

im using windows xp built in vpn dialer and i cant find the docs on how to setup a virtual ip for MS Windows L2TP over IPSec
i wish there was a free client i could use instead...
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