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Printing via cable modem and vpn

I can't print to my local printer on my home LAN when I use my Cicso VPN client to connect to my company network. I'm connected via a cable modem to the internet, and I'm using a wireless Linksys router and wireless print server (however the printer is wired via a parallel cable because I have that option and do not need the wireless feature). The printer is setup as IP printer, and the IP address is a local LAN static address.

The printer works fine when the VPN is not connected, and my wife has what appears to be a similar setup on her laptop and she can print when connected via VPN to her company network with no issues.

I did some troubleshooting and I find that when I connect via the cisco vpn, I can't ping my internal LAN addresses, yet I've acquired one according to IPconfig /all. Any ideas of what I need to open up on my LAN or VPN to let these print jobs through?

Reply to
Billy
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Since the printer is NOT connected to your PC via parallel cable, but connected to the print server via parallel cable...it makes it a network printer to you, and not a local printer.

Your problem exists because the VPN client / connection places you on your company's network...so you are no longer on your home network, and therefore you cannot see your home network printer.

Some VPN clients allow smart tunnel / split tunnel - which allows you to exist in both networks at the same time....which is why your wife's VPN is allowing her to print at home. Other VPN clients / connections are configured not to permit smart / split tunnels...which is what appears is happening to you.

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Jim Orfanakos

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