Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:39:52 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote printing question Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070404193717.02518bf8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <20070404232533.GB63690@skytracker.ca> References: <20070404185612.GA92861@skytracker.ca> <20070404202548.GA90143@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070404223031.GA63690@skytracker.ca> <6.0.0.22.2.20070404180157.02537268@mail.computinginnovations.com> <20070404232533.GB63690@skytracker.ca>
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At 06:25 PM 4/4/2007, David Banning wrote:
> > >I don't want to use a server. So the router would have to do NAT.
> > >Is it possible that way for the outside world to address the
> > >printer directly since it has a network address, and not a
> > >www IP?
> >
> > You can probably setup the router to forward the ports used by that
> > printer. The ports you'd need to forward are dependent on the printer
> > driver.
>
>Thanks for that Derek. Any idea what good routers could do the job?
Netopia has them that will either bridge or route with a built-in adsl modem.
If you want more routing capability get a better netopia like a 9000 series
which you can get with an ethernet interface to connect to any xDSL
modem. You can find cheap used ones on ebay.
-Derek
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