RE: AS400 Printing to WAN

[Steve Dodkins <Steve.Dodkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Roger

The two lans are currently not connected - we are trying to print to the
external IP port 9100.

I can ping the printer from the AS400 but cannot start the printer from the
AS400 - I have set up the printer from an XP Pro PC and have the same
problem, you can see the printer set to 'Printing' and then to 'Printing
Error' and then back to 'Printing' and so on.

I suspect will need to connect the two lans together to get connectivity.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Vicker, CCP [mailto:rv-lists@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 February 2005 02:27
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: AS400 Printing to WAN


Steve,

More info?

Are the Sonicwall's VPN'd together?
What is the Printer connection?

Specifically the print server hardware and that should tell you what 
port it is working on. You have to know the port in order to CRTDEVPRT 
or CRTRMTOUTQ anyways. Most HP use port 9100.

If the Sonicwall's are providing a VPN tunnel between them (the best 
option) then there is no other setup on them.

If you are not using VPN you will have to create a "Service" on the 
printer network's Sonicwall for the port you are using, and then add a 
"rule" that uses that "service" and maps it to the destination IP. You 
will probably want to set this rule to only accept from the IP of the 
other Sonicwall.

Be aware it probably takes a fair amount of bandwidth, in both 
directions, to make printing work reliably. Most DSL is ADSL which means 
the outgoing speed is half or less of the speed you are paying for. I 
think you are going to want 128Kbps actual speed at least. Much more if 
you are doing AFPDS/IPDS graphics.

Roger Vicker, CCP

On 2/23/2005 5:30 AM, Steve Dodkins wrote:

>Hi
>
>I am trying to print through 2 sonic wall firewalls, what ports/setup do I
>need to have open to ensure remote printing will work?
>
>Regards
>
>Steve
>  
>

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