Re: printer sharing and security?

meme wrote:

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:57:41 GMT, louise <louise@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Well, I finally succumbed to everyone's very strong advice. I purchased a new (ebay style) Thinkpad on which I am able to use WPA security, rather than staying with WEP (which was the best I could get on my old laptop because of a bogus Windows installation).

I don't want to share files.

But I would like to use the printer which is attached to my desktop. It is an HP laser printer that only has a parallel connection. Is there a way to set up just printer sharing? I always see "file and printer sharing" and I know that for security reasons, that should stay off, so I don't know if this can be done without impairing security.

Also, I created a WPA password which has: 2 letters, 6 numbers, 2 letters, 6 numbers, 6 letters 4 numbers. Is this likely to be a hard to crack password?

Thanks again.

And btw, I do love my new Thinkpad :-)

Louise



What I said was true,,, the question was using
the NOTEBOOK with WIN XP and if the desktop has
win2k or winME or below you will be able to install the printer but Microsoft decided for safety and security
that the DESKTOP machine can NOT print.


I've been through this with about 10 customers that purchased
new notebooks with winxp and tried to network the desktop
printer.

All the networking works with the exception of sharing the
printer.

This is ONLY true if you are trying to use a NOTEBOOK with
winXP installed. Sharing network printers within a network
on DESKTOPS works great, but it was microsoft's decision
to NOT let a NOTEBOOK share the printer..

Don't ask me why,


here's the KB article about the problem

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307162


Bob

robert Smith
Robert Smith Consulting


Uh, the KB article you ref'd only applies to domains, and I suspect that the OP
has a workgroup instead of a domain. If, indeed, the OP has a workgroup, then
the restriction to which you referred does not apply.

So, OP -- if you have a workgroup and not a domain, then you should AFAIK be
able to make printer sharing work. To go through the numbers:
1. Disable all firewalls while you chase the sharing problem; re-enable later.
2. Make sure you have F&P sharing enabled.
3. Make sure both PCs are in the same workgroup and the same subnet.
4. Share the P on the desktop.
5. On the laptop, click on Start, then Settings, then Printers, then AddPrinter
to get the AddPrinterWizard running; then click on Next, then select NetworkPrinter
and click on Next, then select Browse and click on Next. That should present a
list of shared printers (if desktop and laptop are in the same workgroup and in
the same network subnet).

--
Cheers, Bob
.

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