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10.4: Fix an NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE printing error
Authored by: jbaugh on May 27, '05 12:23:32PM

This works fine for me as long as my XP computer/printer is connected directly to my PB by ethernet. But when I route it through my router, I still get the error code. Any ideas on how to fix this?
John



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10.4: Fix an NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE printing error
Authored by: attackwolf on May 27, '05 03:47:19PM

A limitation of SMB is that it does not browse across networks separated by a router. You will need to use IP addresses instead.

The request by your mac to talk to printer XYZ is prevented by the router. Basically your mac wants to talk to XYZ but it doesn't know who that is, so it sends a broadcast out which asks for XYZ to send its IP address to your mac. The router will not pass a broadcast message from one network to another. Thus your mac can't figure out who XYZ is.

If this is setup at a company, you might be able to get the IP address of a WINS server, (Windows Name Server), and that will give you an IP address when you give it a netbios name, ie XYZ.



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