From: "Ed Durrant" <virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:08:01 +1000
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Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS][eCS-Technical] VBOX question
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Cliff Scott wrote:
>>
>> Yes, that's easy. You should be able to browse for a network printer 
>> from the Add Printer Wizard (I *hate* those dumb "wizard" things which 
>> M$ pushes). If that doesn't work, try entering the explicit share name, 
>> e.g., \\COMPUTER\PRINTER . You should be able to get to it. Make sure 
>> that the blasted Windows firewall on the host (the machine hosting the 
>> printer) is either off or allowing connections to its shares (no, the 
>> firewall isn't always modified upon enabling a shared resource...don't ask).
>>     
> Tried and no connection to the printer. The local peer network is on a
> different net than the DHCP in VBox gives. Trying to give the VBox a fixed IP
> doesn't work either. I'm using the Nat network access since the other driver
> messes up networking on the host computer. The Vbox machine says it can't
> access the peer network which I understand since Netbeui isn't loaded. Ideas?
>
>   
>   
Hi Cliff,

  That's correct NetBeui wont traverse IP networks only IP and IPX 
(Netware) will. You need to go to IP printing (LPD). To do that at the 
printer end,  you need a printer with a network card set to IP printing 
or a printer server box (HP, Linksys, Belkin etc) that connects on one 
side to the printer and the other side to the Ethernet cable.

  I think you said the printer in question is connected to your wife's 
Windoze PC ?  Windoze itself (AFAIK) doesn't support acting as an  IP 
print server, however I am sure there will be third  party software that 
will allow it.

  Just another thought (but it can be tricky to get working) - if you 
use TCPBEUI (Netbios over IP) from the eCS virtual machine and set up 
static mapping of the LMHOSTS file on the windows box and in the names 
list in MPTS - Netbios over IP settings (can't remember what the file is 
it writes) you "may" be able to get commincation between the virtualised 
eCS machine and the Windoze PC on the external network.

-- 
Cheers/2

Ed

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