Re: OT:info needed virtualbox networking
On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:42:33 +0100
"tv.debian@googlemail.com" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 02/02/2012 22:16, richard wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > Hi my cups server is on my debian machine, but thats all thats Debian with
> > this. Does anyone know which ports winxp uses for for printing raw to a
> > samba server, also on my debian machine.
> > winrubbish in its own partition prints OK to the samba server, but wincrapXP
> > cant connect to the printer when run in virtualbox.
> > I'm wondering if its the wincrap firewall, can't turn it off, as that kills
> > networking.
> > How did Gates make soo much money from selling such crap ?
> > arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
> >
>
> For cups, port is 631.
> For Samba, 137-139, 445
>
> But I doubt you have to open any port in XP to use it as a client, if
> it's a firewall problem it's more likely on the server side.
>
> For cups, if your virtualbox machine is on it's own subnet, you need to
> have in cups config:
> Allow From @LOCAL
>
> and advertise cups server with:
> ServerName [cups-server-IP]
>
> Only thing to check on XP is the "Internet printing client" (or
> something like that) from "add or remove Windows features" in "add and
> remove program" control panel (all names are pure invention, but you get
> the idea about what to look for). I think this feature is selected as a
> default, but not sure and (happily) I don't have any windows around to
> check.
>
>
thanks
those ports are open , but I'll check that printing client thing.
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Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown
e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com or richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk
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