Difficulty Printing via Wireless

[mcdhu]

MJ (and others) thanks. Will do, but the recalcitrant netbook is currently languishing at the RGS. It should be home about 5!!

Many thanks
mcdhu

[Mike-Bracknell]

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1) Continue to keep a mapped drive to that desktop PC (as the credentials used when mapping to that drive will be passed to the PC when a print job is created).

2) Enable the "guest" account on the desktop PC and set the password to NULL (i.e. no characters). This will allow other computers/users outside of the desktop's security realm to log into it when it sends the job.
Mike, 1) works but it's a chore. 2) is hardly good security.

Oh I agree about #2, but #1 is hardly a chore when it's a one-time drive mapping (remembering to tick the box to keep the mapping past a reboot).

It'll also fix the latest issue reported about not being able to see the printer. Printer security is dealt with by Windows in exactly the same way as mapped drives, except you don't get an interface with which to do anything - hence the mapped drive trick is using exactly the same technique as your favourite one of keeping credentials the same on all PCs - it's passing credentials through security realms as the duple matches.

[Saab Dastard]

but #1 is hardly a chore when it's a one-time drive mapping (remembering to tick the box to keep the mapping past a reboot).

Fair enough - as long as you aren't prompted for a username and password to connect to the share every time you log in!

Also, persistent mappings will slow the login process significantly if the remote share is not available, which tends to happen often in home environments, especially with laptops that get used outside the home network. Maybe Vista / Win7 improves this, but I gave up with persistent mappings with Win2K and previous.

SD

[mcdhu]

OK - that seemed to work. I've checked via properties on the PC to which the printer concerned is hardwired that all was well and then fired up the netbook now safely home from a hard day's studies. It had me fooled at first because when I asked it to browse for the printer, it came up with the name of the PC which I eventually realised you have to click on to get the printer itself.

So let's hope that 2xlaptops, 2xi-touches, a remote PC and a router don't blow the main PC's mind!

Thanks MJ
mcdhu

[mad_jock]

I think it will.

A printer connection from one PC is counted as 1 connection and a mapped network drive from the same machine is counted as another connection.

I suspect you are busting your 5 connections limit for XP home.

Get one of those server boxes they really are a piece of piss to install and you won't need to worry about number of connections again or have to fiddle around getting account details right. If you want to print to it remotely just set up a queue on your main machine and share it. You shouldn't have any problems with the number of connections after all the other devices are printing direct.

I am sure if you ask nicely someone will have used one recently and can advise which current one is the best for what you want.

They are all of a muchness so if you struggle setting it up post on here and we will talk you through it.