[plug] Odd lpr "forwarding" problem

[Paul Dean]

Hya,

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>(Sorry, should have mentioned what we'd done...)
>
>Yes, lpr on A works, lpr on B works (sending to A),
>lpr on any other workstation works (sending to A via
>B). It's just this one machine. Spool directory
>appears to exist on all machines.
>
>Matter of fact, we've always had weird problems with
>this machine - the main ongoing problem is that B
>refuses to masquerade it... packets from C appear (to
>A) to be coming from C, they're not being rewritten by
>B. However, this appears to be not (quite) related
>since it should be lpd on B that makes the final
>request...
>
>Naturally this masquerading problem affects any
>network access from C. Yuck.

Ok, it is starting to sound like a ipchains/iptables firewall prob.
Can i assume you have checked 1. your firewall table 2. ip ranges on your 
network 3. netmask, route table on each pc blah blah
Last but not least your network cards and drivers, malforming packets 
modprobe not loading drivers properly.
Cable, Hub, etc
I know I know of on a tangent but but working with Computers anything is 
possible, worth a look...

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Paul...


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