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    Portable printer Brother through LAN/VLAN (WiFi)

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      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @toni.martinez
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      @toni-martinez said in Portable printer Brother through LAN/VLAN (WiFi):

      so through LAN and VLAN have the same end IP (192.168.x.240)

      Huh??? Your printer should only be in 1 network/vlan

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        But it's accessible at the same IP from both is I think what is meant there.

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 ok - why would he word it like that with place holder for the actual network octet being either 0 or 6 as he stated his networks were?

          So I take it the printer is 192.168.6.240 in the warehouse network, and he can print to it from the lan network 192.168.0/24 ?

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            bmeeks @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 said in Portable printer Brother through LAN/VLAN (WiFi):

            But it's accessible at the same IP from both is I think what is meant there.

            Yeah, I had to read the post one more time to get it, but that's what think as well. Sounds like he was trying to access the printer by hostname and failing due to the DHCP dynamic DNS registration not being configured. He never made it clear in the OP that he was trying to print via a hostname.

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              toni.martinez @johnpoz
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              @bmeeks Yep, I made a rule that both lan and vlan is visible this printer and having a static IP by MAC address. And also, I tried to print this printer in any lan/vlan by his hostname but my domain controllers wasn't having any register DNS so that's why through LAN wasn't having ping to this printer but it's solved... (Sorry for my english, I'm not used to speak it)

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                toni.martinez @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz Nop, in LAN automatically have a static IP by MAC address through PfSense, also in VLAN too. 192.168.0.240 (LAN) and 192.168.6.240 (VLAN). But the real problem was I was configuring via IP, not hostname and my domain controllers wasn't having register DNS to find this printer via hostname. Thank y'all anyway!

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @toni.martinez
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                  @toni-martinez said in Portable printer Brother through LAN/VLAN (WiFi):

                  also in VLAN too. 192.168.0.240 (LAN) and 192.168.6.240 (VLAN).

                  So you move this printer from network to network?

                  if the printer is in the lan and has an IP of 192.168.0.240 - why would you think you need a 192.168.6.240 address?

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                    toni.martinez @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz Yep, the printer have DHCP protocol but PfSense gives him a Static IP for both networks. So I needed to update DNS and find him trough hostname. The static IP it's for only inventory use, there's no impact, I think.

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                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @toni.martinez
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                      @toni-martinez said in Portable printer Brother through LAN/VLAN (WiFi):

                      gives him a Static IP for both networks

                      So you move this printer from time to time?

                      If the printer on lan 192.168.0.240, why do you think it also needs an IP in the vlan? 192.168.6.240?

                      A device in lan would use the 192.168.0.240 address, and something on the vlan that wanted to print to this printer would also print to its 192.168.0.240 address..

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                        toni.martinez @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz I tried to print by IP with correct rules but didn't worked, neither do pings so by hostname yes

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                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @toni.martinez
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                          @toni-martinez we have some sort of translation error going on here I believe.

                          What IP is on the printer 192.168.0.240, or 192.168.6.240

                          Which IP does your hostname point to? How could it point to both. The printer is either on the lan or its on the warehouse network. How could you have it on both?

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