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Cannot Print to Home Network Printer while connected to Work VPN
I have a home network printer, but I can't print to it when I'm connected to my office VPN. When I look in the print job under status it says "Access Denied." I dont have this problem on my XP machine, and it is configured the same way.
I uncheck "Use default gateway on remote network"
I have heard that I can configure a VPN to allow client access to lan, but that would be poking a big hole in the vpn leaving my work network exposed.
I have tried maping my home network printer via IP or modifying my LMHOSTS, but I still get the same error in the status of the print job.
I would expect that the answer to this may be "by design." If anyone has a work around, I would like to know.
I uncheck "Use default gateway on remote network"
I have heard that I can configure a VPN to allow client access to lan, but that would be poking a big hole in the vpn leaving my work network exposed.
I have tried maping my home network printer via IP or modifying my LMHOSTS, but I still get the same error in the status of the print job.
I would expect that the answer to this may be "by design." If anyone has a work around, I would like to know.
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