Printer not responding to ping

[kaigio]

I have a printer that is working only within its subnet.
pfSense is the firewall and I would like to print from a different subnet.
Here are the symptoms I get by using the ping tool from pfsense diagnostics menu. (details are just examples)

In LAN1 I have the printer (ip 10.2.0.100/24) and one pc (10.2.0.101/24). I can print from this pc.
From pfsense LAN1 interface (the gateway, 10.2.0.254) I can ping both of them.

But if I send a ping from a LAN2 interface (i.e. 10.1.0.254) I can ping only the pc while the printer doesn't respond to ping. I have a firewall rule in LAN2 tab to route all packets from LAN2 to LAN1.
I try also to put a specific rule in LAN1 tab to allow specific host (the printer) to route packet everywhere without success.

I'm quite new to pfsense, I apologize for my english, and I inherited the configuration.

Thank you for the attention.

[Gertjan]

Hi,

What are your firewall rules on LA?1 and LAN2 ?

Something like this on LAN2:

will make everything reachable (everywhere) for sure.

If your printer doesn't want to reply, well, that's up to him ... ;)

Btw : why hiding local IP's by using examples ??

[Grimson]

Your printer could have an integrated firewall, in that case check if there is a way to enter allowed networks. It also may not be designed to work across networks and probably doesn't have a setting for a default gateway, in that case you might have to use NAT for the connections to the printer.

[kaigio]

@gertjan
yes rules are similar (except for the ipv6)
and the "hiding ip" was for laziness ;-)

thank you

[kaigio]

@grimson
it is a network printer wired to net with a small and old switch (5 port guess), and its gateway is pointing to the right pfsense interface.
thank you