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by authenticxyz

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Hi. I am having a little trouble. I am trying to connect to my network printer at my house from another location. I have tried a few ways that I am sure one should work however I'm having no luck. Let's say my router ip is 12.345.678.90 The network ip ofm y printer is 192.168.1.102 I can connect to my router (which is a lynksys wireless) in the web browser by typing 12.345.678.90:8080. I can see my router software and change settings just like normal. When I go to add a printer in Vista Home I am doing the following:

Control panel->printers->add printer
I select "Add a Network, Wireless, or Bluetooth printer"
I click the printer that I want isn't listed
I check "select shared printer by name" and type this format::

http://12.345.678.90/192.168.1.102

I also tried::

http://12.345.678.90:8080/192.168.1.102

I tried that since you have to specify the management port when you connect to a router through http. I also have trouble connecting to my computer through remote desktop. I have setup many remote desktop connections and have never had any issue. I have comcast and they tell me my dynamic ip is different than the ip in my router status tab. That is all info I can provide. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks

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by tardcart

What you need to do is set up port forwarding in your router to point to the IP address of your printer. I can't remember exactly what port you need to use (sorry), but you should easily be able to find out on the interwebs. Your router may have a predefined service for internet printing. When you install the printer on the device outside the network you'll only need to supply the external IP of your network and the router will forward to your printer.

Whoever told you that your IP is actually different from what your router is picking up via DHCP is an idiot.

*edit* the IPP default port is 631. When you're doing the setup on the external machine you'll need to specify IPP in the port setup. You may have to configure a custom port to achieve this (sorry, been a while). Then forward TCP 631 to your printers IP.

by joel.michalec

I agree with Tardcart. The other way that I do it is by setting up a secure VPN on the side where the intended printer to-be-used is located.

Once authenticated to the VPN, you can then setup a network printer as you would any other and print away to it.

I am connected to four printers that way at remote locations. I use VPNs and then we can map network drives and printers to our heart's desires.

Joel

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