Hi Everyone,
Hope I have sent this to the correct list. I have been struggling away
with a weird problem all evening and have not had any joy on google so
thought I would try here.
The problem in a nutshell is as follows:
(Internal Network) Windows XP (Client) ---> Fedora Core4 (Samba
Server) Both shared areas and printers work from windows client.
(External Network) Windows XP (Client) ---> firewall --> (Internal
Network) Fedora Core4 (samba Server) Only shared areas work, printers
won't connect (Says something about either the printer name is wrong or it
has lost its connection to the server - nothing in server logs that I can
see).
The problem therefore is that although I can see the printers from the
client on the internal samba server I cannot actually connect to them via
Add Printer in Windows XP. I have opened up ports 135-139,445 through the
firewall and these seem fine (using nmap to check that they are indeed
open).
From the internal network everything from the windows machine works which
leads me to believe that the Samba Configuration is fine (hence I have not
included it here - if I am wrong in this assumption then please let me
know and I will post it), and that there is a port somewhere on the
firewall that still needs opening to enable the external windows machine
to properly connect to the printers.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction?
I am using CUPS on the samba server to print ( do I need the CUPS port
also accessible through the firewall? ) and nothing in either the samba
logs or cups logs suggests they even get any connection attempts from the
external windows machine for use of the printer (does any one know of a
way to log attempts to connect to the printer in samba?). I have also put
a trace on the firewall to see if I can see any extra ports required but I
the only ones I see are 139 and 445 coming from the external windows
client.
If I can give any more details let me know.
Thanks for your help,
Tom
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