[cups.general] browsing nightmare

[Michael R Sweet]

Marcos Dione wrote:
>>> Marcos Dione wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> now, this is supposed to work without this, right? what am I missing/doing wrong?
>>> Browse packets are UDP, and so don't get past subnet boundaries.  Use
>>> BrowsePoll on the clients to see servers on other subnets.
>> but they're in the same network!:
>>
>>> Marcos Dione wrote:
>>>> Listen 172.16.21.1:631
>>>> BrowseAddress @LOCAL
>>>> satelite machines, including a debian sid. these machines
>>>> have «Browsing On», and are in the 172.16.21.0/24 network
> 
> I've been thinking... should I set «BrowseAllow» in the clients? in the debian sid I mention I have in the admin page «Show printers shared by other systems» turned on, but maybe is not enough?

The default is to allow all, but firewalls can interfere with
reception on the client and broadcast from the server...

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer