WNDR3700 Printer on Guest Network

[torbuk]

Is there any possibility of allowing the availability of a specific network printer on the WNDR3700's Guest network however still prohibiting access to anything else (other than Internet access)?

[jlewter]

I dont know about this working on "Guest Network" but if you put it on the main network, set a fixed IP for the device.
Lan Setup / Reserved Address
then set a block rule for that IP then that might work for you.
Block Services / Add / Protocol for udp+tcp, start 1, end 65534, only the IP that's fixed to the router..

I have never used the feature, but if it works as intended then all LAN traffic should be unfiltered, only the WAN traffic will get filtered.

[trulko]

set a fixed IP
set WNDR 3700 -Guest Network Settings b/g/n - Allow guests to access My Local Network - YES

[JoeCHecht]

Originally Posted by torbuk

Is there any possibility of allowing the availability of a specific network printer on the WNDR3700's Guest network however still prohibiting access to anything else (other than Internet access)?

I do not think so.

I am unable to ping anything on the guest network from the main network, so I am thinking that even if you add the printer to the guest network (via a wireless print server), it still will not work.

You may be able to do some port forwarding from the WAN to the printer, then the guest may be able to access it via the WAN (DynDNS.org is great for doing this sort of thing).

Also, be aware if you take trulko's advice, you will open your network to your guests (obvious, I know, but needed to be said anyway).

Joe

[jlewter]

Wow, I missed the boat on what the op was wanting lol....
Happens w/me sometimes :/..

So you want a LAN printer to work on the _Guest, and LAN networks :/...
I dont use my _Guest network so I have no clue how it seperates the different lans... Sorry for the dud advice earlier..

If it builds differnet routing tables for each network segment then you might be able to do what you want by setting a Static Route... Once your printer has a fixed IP you might be able to set in a Static Route that would allow the guest network to hit that 1 LAN IP.

The static route can only have a metric as low as 2, so it might not be possible to get around this, I dont think dynamic dns will help either since the router doesnt allow loopbacks.

[Mars Mug]

Originally Posted by jlewter

I dont use my _Guest network so I have no clue how it seperates the different lans... Sorry for the dud advice earlier..

It provides the ability to give a client Internet access but no LAN access, or optionally access to both Internet and LAN. Since I have the '3700 set up as an access point the Guest network is unable to isolate to the Internet only so I don't use it either.

[JoeCHecht]

Originally Posted by JoeCHecht

I do not think so.
You may be able to do some port forwarding from the WAN to the printer, then the guest may be able to access it via the WAN (DynDNS.org is great for doing this sort of thing).
Joe

Out of curiosity, I tried this today (printing from a machine on the guest network to a printer on a protected non-guest network though a port forward on the WAN to the printer), and it does work perfect. Tested from Windows 7x64, using a TCPIP printer (port 9100), to the address myaccount.dyndsn.org.

Joe

[torbuk]

Sweet. I will give this a try. I am setting up an office where there will be regular employees behind the regular wireless network on the WNDR3700 as well as contractors that will be coming and going to the office that only need Internet access but I would also like the ability to give them access to print to a network printer. The printer will be connected via wired LAN to the
WNDR3700 and with a reserved IP. If you can give me some more details as to how you set this up using DynDNS.org, I would really appreciate it. I have not used DynDNS.org before. I will try giving it a go this weekend.

Thanks for your help!

[JoeCHecht]

Originally Posted by torbuk

Sweet. I will give this a try. I am setting up an office where there will be regular employees behind the regular wireless network on the WNDR3700 as well as contractors that will be coming and going to the office that only need Internet access but I would also like the ability to give them access to print to a network printer. The printer will be connected via wired LAN to the
WNDR3700 and with a reserved IP. If you can give me some more details as to how you set this up using DynDNS.org, I would really appreciate it. I have not used DynDNS.org before. I will try giving it a go this weekend.

Thanks for your help!

You only need DynDns if your WAN gets a dynamic IP from your internet service provider. If you have a static IP, then just use that IP address for the printer.

You can setup a free (or low cost) account at dyndns.org, then, add your account info to your router using the "Dynamic DNS" page in the router's setup software. Whenever your internet service provider changes your IP address, the router will update your DNS entry at dyndns.org to reflect the your IP address. You just setup the printer on the guest to print to the printer at youraccount.dyndns.org (after setting up the port forward to the printer), and all should be good!

Enjoy!

Joe