Printer through VPN

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Peter CCH

Client at site C (ClientC) connect to the server at site S (ServerS)
via VPN.

ClientC have printer installed and shared out.
I can see ServerS from ClientC.

Question:
1. I can't ping the ClientC shared printer from ServerS, why?
2. If I would like to print to ClientC printer, how could I do that?
3. I heard that only site-site VPN does that, but not client-site VPN.
How can I know I'm using site-site or client-site VPN?



Peter CCH
 
Microsoft VPNs are client-site. The client gets an IP address on the
server's network. The client can then access resources on the server's
network. The server can see the client, but not other devices on the
client's network. If you want to print to the cllient's shared printer from
the server, just do an ipconfig on the client and see what it's ip address
is (you can also set your server up to allow the client to specify its ip
address, so it'll get the same one every time). then from the server's start
menu -> run, type \\<ClientIpAddress>, right-click the printer share, and
select connect. If you want to print directly to the printer, you can set up
a VPN in both directions, which will gove you the equivelant of a site-site
tunnel.

....kurt
 
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