Hi all,
I have a very great problem facing in my office.could anyone sort it out.In our office we have 2 network segments say Foc & Doc's.One of our printer is connected to Foc network segment which have the ip address range as 192.168.1.x series.Now what i want is make Doc's people to take out print whcih has network segment of ip range 192.168.100.x series to take a print out. is it possible ? if so, what all the steps to be taken up.could anyone explain in detail ?
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Vinod Kumar R
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In fact, as you have 2 subnets, you almost certainly have a router - without it the PCs could not talk to each other either.
Assuming you use a network capable printer or network adapter, you will need to tell the printer/adapter what the router's address is (usually called the "gateway" in the printer's setup). The IP address of the printer needs to be suitable for the subet it is connected to.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for quick reply.Yes we do have a router i can connect it but by doing so would it not hamper the security.We have divided in to 2 network segment so that if one network goes down due to virus the other could run.But as u said if i do so then it would affect both the networks.So any other is it possible. Please let me know.
Regards
Vinod Kumar R
A simple way of using a printer with one network card on 2 networks is to use a print server box connected to the parallel port for one network, and the builtin network card for the other.
I have done this several times for schools where the admin network must be kept physically sepersted from the student network for security reasons.
just use a printer that acepts ip block (ex RICOH), and give un ip and sub mask available to both networks, then block the printer for only accpting jobs form the 2 print servers on the 2 networks. a use can olnlu print tro the server and even if he finds the printer he can´t send a job directly to the printer
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by: leewPosted on 2005-01-14 at 00:34:35ID: 13042242
You need a router. Then it's easy. You could also put a second network card in the print server and give it an ip in the other network. Then it can talk to both networks and printing can be done.