As I mentioned to John, the laptop host Ubuntu 16.04 has successful access
to the printer when the desktop is suspended or powered off. The laptop's
access is via wireless. So isn't the printer's USB connection to the
desktop irrelevant? Perhaps I should not have mentioned it.
The guest Win2k had access to the printer before the desktop/router
changes. It used the driver recommended by HP, hp deskjet 990c series.
That driver is still available, ('though I may not know how to inform Win2k
about it.)
You mention "turn off/deny promiscuous mode". Maybe that is the key. I
will play with that.
I ran ipconfig/all from Win2k. The results are below. There are many
things in it that are likely not correct, most of which I do not
understand, nor know how to change. The wrong entries are likely due to
how I installed VB on the laptop: I copied over the VB file from the
desktop--it even has the old desktop's name as host. And I do not know how
to get the corresponding information from Ubuntu if we need more than the
ifconfig reported in my original posting.
Thanks so much for trying to direct a lost soul in over his head.
Now to play with promiscuity.
-Denis
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : winr2d4 [WRONG]
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.or.comcast.net [?]
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.or.comcast.net [?]
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet
Adapter[WRONG]
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-D6-6D-3F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.231
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 75.75.75.75
75.75.76.76
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 08, 2017
4:16:42 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 15, 2017
4:16:42 PM
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 3:11 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/08/2017 08:38 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > On my laptop, I have VB in Ubuntu 16.04 running Windows 2000. Before I
> > changed my desktop computer and wireless router I could print from 2000.
> > The printer is connected to the desktop via USB. The printer is also
> > connected wirelessly to the new wireless Comcast Modem/router. I can
> print
> > from Ubuntu on the laptop.
> >
> > The long dialogue below is my attempt to show what I have tried to
> restore
> > the printing capability to the windows guest. I hope that someone here
> > might be able to direct me along the path to success.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Denis
> >
>
> To print via a host printer in VirtualBox you need to:
>
> 1. Tell VB to passthrough the host USB port the printer is connected
> to. Then you can "Add printers" in Windows. Be aware that Windows may
> 'recognize' the printer as an unknown device until you install the
> appropriate printer drivers inside the Windows guest. The Windows guest
> knows absolutely nothing about Linux host and CUPS/HPLIP drivers.
>
> 2. Before the Windows guest can see the network printers, you need to
> have the virtual NIC attached to the same network IP subnet as the host.
> Normally, Bridged networking will do that but you must check advanced
> settings to make sure the IP address assignment is correct and that
> guest NAT and/or DHCP is not enabled. Note: If you are bridging to a
> host wireless adaptor you will needs to turn off/deny promiscuous mode.
>
> If you are trying to get network printing working, and the virtual
> network bringing is correct, in a Windows command window, type "ipconfig
> /all" and compare the output to your host. Again, if you are not on the
> same subnet you the Windows guest won't see any network printers.
>
> Anyway, I'm a bit rusty with VB since I moved to qemu.
>
> -Ed
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