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    Allow AirPrint.exe, Bonjour and mdns through PFSense 2.0

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    • K Offline
      kimlinnet
      last edited by

      Hi PFSense.

      I have a setup, where PFsense functions as an internal LAN firewall (windows firwall is therefore disabled on my Windows Server 2008) on my school, with 144 students. In this setup, we have a windows server that hosts all the printer queues, and PaperCut to take care of quotas and so forth.

      Now they have started byiing iPads, and they want to print. So I need all the calls and protocols associated with AirPrint, the AirPrint. exe fil, Bonour and so on to bypass the firewall. How can I do that?

      I have tried to do this:
      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45964.0

      …but that seems to be focused on using PFSense itself as a print server.

      Hope you can help me,

      Thanks.

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      • jimpJ Offline
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        The Avahi package is meant to pass Bonjour traffic between firewall segments. Because it's multicast/broadcast it will not cross between subnets/interfaces.

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