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Rule to allow printing between different network segments

Rule to allow printing between different network segments

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10-11-2025, 11:38 PM
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Your campus network uses distinct IP ranges for Ethernet and WLAN devices. Ethernet devices fall within 10.0.0-10.0.2 while WLAN devices are assigned a 10.0.3 address. Since these subnets share the same network, you can ping each other and use Remote Desktop, but file and printer sharing is restricted by default due to Windows firewall settings. Your print server runs on Ethernet and needs access via Wi-Fi. A few years ago you tried implementing a firewall rule to permit SMB traffic from 10.0.3.0 to 10.0.3.255, though your attempts didn’t succeed. Someone could help identify the exact rule you should apply without overriding the firewall too much. You mentioned preferring not to change the firewall configuration significantly.
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10-11-2025, 11:38 PM #1

Your campus network uses distinct IP ranges for Ethernet and WLAN devices. Ethernet devices fall within 10.0.0-10.0.2 while WLAN devices are assigned a 10.0.3 address. Since these subnets share the same network, you can ping each other and use Remote Desktop, but file and printer sharing is restricted by default due to Windows firewall settings. Your print server runs on Ethernet and needs access via Wi-Fi. A few years ago you tried implementing a firewall rule to permit SMB traffic from 10.0.3.0 to 10.0.3.255, though your attempts didn’t succeed. Someone could help identify the exact rule you should apply without overriding the firewall too much. You mentioned preferring not to change the firewall configuration significantly.

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