Port Forwarding through router to print server

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There doesn't seem to be much information about this subject on the web.
I am running a Windows XP SP2 HOME wired network of desktop machines
with a wireless DSL modem, Linksys wired router and I just recently
attached an iogear GPS21U single port USB print server to the network
with my HP officejet 5510 all-in-one printer. The print server works
fine on all of the wired network machines. The problem is that I use
my laptop wirelessly and the print server is supposed to have a web
utility for remote printing via IPP.

I have gone into the router and enabled port forwarding to the IP
address of the print server on port 631 as instructed. The
instructions say "Click Add a printer from your printers and faxes
window to begin. Select the option to connect to a printer on the
internet and type in the full IPP address as shown (http://print server
ip:631/lp1). You must use the external or WAN, IP address of your
router, specify port 631 and queue name lp1 in lower case...."

I assume it would like like this http://default gateway ip/print server
ip:631/lp1 or http://default gateway ip:631/print server ip/lp1

I tried both ways and using just the print server ip:631/lp1. Nothing
has worked. I'm sure there's something simple I'm missing. Can anyone
help?
 
Cari said:
You should NOT have spaces in the URL.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"soulssong" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

There doesn't seem to be much information about this subject on th
web.
I am running a Windows XP SP2 HOME wired network of desktop machines
with a wireless DSL modem, Linksys wired router and I just recently
attached an iogear GPS21U single port USB print server to the network
with my HP officejet 5510 all-in-one printer. The print server works
fine on all of the wired network machines. The problem is that I use
my laptop wirelessly and the print server is supposed to have a web
utility for remote printing via IPP.

I have gone into the router and enabled port forwarding to the IP
address of the print server on port 631 as instructed. The
instructions say "Click Add a printer from your printers and faxes
window to begin. Select the option to connect to a printer on the
internet and type in the full IPP address as shown (http://prin
server
ip:631/lp1). You must use the external or WAN, IP address of your
router, specify port 631 and queue name lp1 in lower case...."

I assume it would like like this http://default gateway ip/prin
server
ip:631/lp1 or http://default gateway ip:631/print server ip/lp1

I tried both ways and using just the print server ip:631/lp1.
Nothing
has worked. I'm sure there's something simple I'm missing. Ca
anyone
help?
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I do not have spaces in the URL. I may have posted it incorrectly jus
to show that I was typing in the ip addreses of each
 
There doesn't seem to be much information about this subject on the web.
I am running a Windows XP SP2 HOME wired network of desktop machines
with a wireless DSL modem, Linksys wired router and I just recently
attached an iogear GPS21U single port USB print server to the network
with my HP officejet 5510 all-in-one printer. The print server works
fine on all of the wired network machines. The problem is that I use
my laptop wirelessly and the print server is supposed to have a web
utility for remote printing via IPP.

I have gone into the router and enabled port forwarding to the IP
address of the print server on port 631 as instructed. The
instructions say "Click Add a printer from your printers and faxes
window to begin. Select the option to connect to a printer on the
internet and type in the full IPP address as shown (http://print server
ip:631/lp1). You must use the external or WAN, IP address of your
router, specify port 631 and queue name lp1 in lower case...."

I assume it would like like this http://default gateway ip/print server
ip:631/lp1 or http://default gateway ip:631/print server ip/lp1

I tried both ways and using just the print server ip:631/lp1. Nothing
has worked. I'm sure there's something simple I'm missing. Can anyone
help?
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As the instruction says: "You must use the external or WAN, IP address
of your router".

If your inner network is 192.168.0.x, and the outer address of your
router is 168.103.221.156 (which you were posting your message from),
then your printer address would be:
http://168.103.221.156:631/lp1
To find your WAN address, visit one of the sites that displays it,
using one of your desktops - e.g.:
http://www.ip-adress.com/
 
Klaus said:
There doesn't seem to be much information about this subject on the
web.

I am running a Windows XP SP2 HOME wired network of desktop machines


As the instruction says: "You must use the external or WAN, IP address

of your router".

If your inner network is 192.168.0.x, and the outer address of your
router is 168.103.221.156 (which you were posting your message from),
then your printer address would be:
http://168.103.221.156:631/lp1
To find your WAN address, visit one of the sites that displays it,
using one of your desktops - e.g.:
http://www.ip-adress.com/
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Thanks for the reponses to my question. As it turns out, my router
just needed a firmware upgrade. I can now see the print server via the
web but I have another problem dealing with the HP officejet 5510 USB
printer due to the fact that the only way I know how to use IPP to add
the printer is by using the add a printer wizard. My printer driver
isn't listed when you get to the point of selecting a printer, even
though the software and drivers have been installed from the CD.
Browsing to the folder it's installed in or the CD itself doesn't
help..it still won't find my printer driver.
Any help with this other problem would be appreciated. It feels like
I'm taking baby steps towards being able to print from a remote
location. I'm not there yet but so close I can almost taste it :)
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