From: "Cliff Scott" <virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com>
Message-Id: <200909140351.n8E3pBnj066218@smtp9.trip.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:51:11 -0500
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Reply-To: "Cliff Scott" <cliff185@intergate.com>
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Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS][eCS-Technical] VBOX question
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** Reply to message from "Ed Durrant" <virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com>
on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:08:01 +1000

> 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 communication between the virtualized 
> eCS machine and the Windoze PC on the external network.

Hi Ed,

Interesting ideas. BTW, I am using eCS as the host and W2K is running in
Vbox. I was hoping that the two W2K machines would talk together. I can
access the shared printer in eCS just fine, but it is probably working via
NetBIOS/NetBEUI.

-- 

Cliff
eCS 2.0RC7