Re: Port Forwarding through router to print server

There doesn't seem to be much information about this subject on the web.
I am running a Windows XP SP2 HOME wired network of desktop machines
with a wireless DSL modem, Linksys wired router and I just recently
attached an iogear GPS21U single port USB print server to the network
with my HP officejet 5510 all-in-one printer. The print server works
fine on all of the wired network machines. The problem is that I use
my laptop wirelessly and the print server is supposed to have a web
utility for remote printing via IPP.

I have gone into the router and enabled port forwarding to the IP
address of the print server on port 631 as instructed. The
instructions say "Click Add a printer from your printers and faxes
window to begin. Select the option to connect to a printer on the
internet and type in the full IPP address as shown (http://print server
ip:631/lp1). You must use the external or WAN, IP address of your
router, specify port 631 and queue name lp1 in lower case...."

I assume it would like like this http://default gateway ip/print server
ip:631/lp1 or http://default gateway ip:631/print server ip/lp1

I tried both ways and using just the print server ip:631/lp1. Nothing
has worked. I'm sure there's something simple I'm missing. Can anyone
help?

As the instruction says: "You must use the external or WAN, IP address of your router".

If your inner network is 192.168.0.x, and the outer address of your router is 168.103.221.156 (which you were posting your message from), then your printer address would be:
http://168.103.221.156:631/lp1
To find your WAN address, visit one of the sites that displays it, using one of your desktops - e.g.:
http://www.ip-adress.com/

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/klaus


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