Sharing a hidden printer?

At home, I have several subnets:

1) Several computers under linksys wifi router, with 192.168.*
addresses, masquerading by Linksys as InternetIP_1, connected through
internet through another switch1

2) My basement server with InternetIP_2, connected to switch1 through
switch2.

3) Several local computers with 10.0.0.* addresses, NATted to the
outside world by my basement server as InternetIP_2, connected to
switch1.

4) One subnet with the sole items being the printer and another IP
address on my basement server (165.152.122.*), placed on switch2

5) the garage computer 10.0.0.4, plugged into switch2.

Anyway. All of these computers can connect to the basement server
InternetIP_2 just fine.

The printer is also connected to this basement computer.

However, the machines under Linksys wifi cannot see/route to the
printer for obvious reasons (the printer being on the hidden subnet
behind the basement). The 10.0.0.* machines are fine due to them using
my basement server as the default route.

How can I make the basement computer "share" the printer to all
Linksys computers, so that all wifi computers can print.

I know that one solution is to add a route to each of them saying
"route to 165.152.122. through InternetIP_2", but I would prefer my
basement computer to just export the printer. The reason for this is
that there is one windows laptop on the wifi network that is a
very stupid laptop, where I would prefer to not set routes for a
variety of reasons.

thanks

i


Ignoramus11957

Ignoramus11957 wrote:
> At home, I have several subnets:
>
> 1) Several computers under linksys wifi router, with 192.168.*
> addresses, masquerading by Linksys as InternetIP_1, connected through
> internet through another switch1
>
> 2) My basement server with InternetIP_2, connected to switch1 through
> switch2.
>
> 3) Several local computers with 10.0.0.* addresses, NATted to the
> outside world by my basement server as InternetIP_2, connected to
> switch1.
>
> 4) One subnet with the sole items being the printer and another IP
> address on my basement server (165.152.122.*), placed on switch2
>
> 5) the garage computer 10.0.0.4, plugged into switch2.
>
> Anyway. All of these computers can connect to the basement server
> InternetIP_2 just fine.
>
> The printer is also connected to this basement computer.
>
> However, the machines under Linksys wifi cannot see/route to the
> printer for obvious reasons (the printer being on the hidden subnet
> behind the basement). The 10.0.0.* machines are fine due to them using
> my basement server as the default route.
>
> How can I make the basement computer "share" the printer to all
> Linksys computers, so that all wifi computers can print.
>
> I know that one solution is to add a route to each of them saying
> "route to 165.152.122. through InternetIP_2", but I would prefer my
> basement computer to just export the printer. The reason for this is
> that there is one windows laptop on the wifi network that is a
> very stupid laptop, where I would prefer to not set routes for a
> variety of reasons.
>
> thanks
>
> i
You could run a dynamic routing protocol.

But the concept of printers 'appearing' in browser type windows depends
on them being in the same subnet.


Perhaps te simplest solutuion is to put a queue for them on a Linux box
THIS side of the router, and re-export those queues?

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:44:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> You could run a dynamic routing protocol.
>
> But the concept of printers 'appearing' in browser type windows depends
> on them being in the same subnet.
>
> Perhaps te simplest solutuion is to put a queue for them on a Linux box
> THIS side of the router, and re-export those queues?

That's what my question is, how to re-export a printer.

i

Ignoramus8011 wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:44:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> You could run a dynamic routing protocol.
>>
>> But the concept of printers 'appearing' in browser type windows depends
>> on them being in the same subnet.
>>
>> Perhaps te simplest solutuion is to put a queue for them on a Linux box
>> THIS side of the router, and re-export those queues?
>
> That's what my question is, how to re-export a printer.
>
> i

Thats a CUPS issue, or possibly a samba - or even a netatalk one,
depending on how you want to export them.

Just fire up cups admin and 'publish' the printer..

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:15:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Ignoramus8011 wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:44:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> You could run a dynamic routing protocol.
>>>
>>> But the concept of printers 'appearing' in browser type windows depends
>>> on them being in the same subnet.
>>>
>>> Perhaps te simplest solutuion is to put a queue for them on a Linux box
>>> THIS side of the router, and re-export those queues?
>>
>> That's what my question is, how to re-export a printer.
>>
>> i
>
> Thats a CUPS issue, or possibly a samba - or even a netatalk one,
> depending on how you want to export them.
>
> Just fire up cups admin and 'publish' the printer..
>

Thanks... I did it with samba, for the windows laptop's benefit. Seems
to work (with me being not at home right now etc).

i