[PLUG] Printing from Virtual Box

[Denis Heidtmann]

Thanks so much for the help and patience.  I was able to ping 10.0.0.244
successfully from both the host and the guest.  My understanding is that
the printer is accessed from the laptop host through the comcast wireless
modem/router.  I agree that I want to turn off the wireless direct in the
printer, but I want the printer to continue to get to the router
wirelessly.  When I was setting up the printer I was not sure what on/off,
yes/no applied to what.  I might now be better able to decode the dialog.
If this address is not fixed, I need to either assign a fixed address or
use a name, not an address, to set up the printer.  Which do you recommend?

I did shut off the promiscuous mode.  And the laptop host going dark was
due to me connecting directly (wirelessly) to the printer.  That should not
happen if I am able to follow your suggestions.

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 4:15 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/09/2017 03:14 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > Progress.  I got the ip address of the printer from settings/network in
> the
> > host, pinged it from the host, then pinged it from win2k.  Both were
> > successful.  But then I found out that the host could not connect to the
> > router/modem until I shut down win2k in VB!  So it appears that either
> the
> > host is connected to the router/modem or it is connected to the printer.
> > This is not the usual way the host connects to the printer, as I am able
> to
> > print without losing my internet connection.  The address was
> > 192.168.223.100.  I need to get rid of this direct connection to the
> > printer.  Then how do I get the (proper) ip address for the printer?
> >
> --- snip---
>
> As
> Tomas mentioned, this sounds like something screwy with the host-guest
> bridging setup in that when VB+Win2K fires up, the guest has sole
> ownership of the NIC. Thus, the laptop host goes "dark".
>
> you said (?)the printer is on wifi and uses DHCP (not fixed IP). The
> printer IP address is from the wifi router and has nothing to do with
> either host or guest OS.  You can get the Printer IP by using the
> printer front panel to print a Network status page, or log in to the
> router web GUI (http://10.0.0.1) to see what IP is assigned.
>
> Some printers can advertise over wifi for direct connection.  You will
> want to turn that off inside the printer configuration settings. Either
> page through the printer front panel or use the printer web GUI
> (http://10.0.0.244)
>
> -Ed
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