attach XP computer to network fror printing

[Michael Havens]

     hmmmmmm..... opening the ports didn't help any. I opened:

bmike1 at Michaels-PC:~$ sudo ufw status
Status: active

To                         Action      From
--                         ------      ----
22                         ALLOW       Anywhere
137                        ALLOW       Anywhere
138                        ALLOW       Anywhere
139                        ALLOW       Anywhere
445                        ALLOW       Anywhere
389                        ALLOW       Anywhere
901                        ALLOW       Anywhere
53                         ALLOW       Anywhere
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere
110                        ALLOW       Anywhere
143                        ALLOW       Anywhere
443                        ALLOW       Anywhere
631                        ALLOW       Anywhere
993                        ALLOW       Anywhere
995                        ALLOW       Anywhere
5800                       ALLOW       Anywhere
5900                       ALLOW       Anywhere
9418                       ALLOW       Anywhere
8080                       ALLOW       Anywhere
22                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
137                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
138                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
139                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
445                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
389                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
901                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
53                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
110                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
143                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
443                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
631                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
993                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
995                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
5800                       ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
5900                       ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
9418                       ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
8080                       ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)

bmike1 at Michaels-PC:~$


     What else do you think I should open?


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> look what I found in my quest to open ports for printing: I found a
> program called ufw which is a 'program for managing a netfilter
> firewall.' And one of the commands is:
>
>        ufw allow 53
>        This  rule  will allow tcp and udp port 53 to any address on this
>        host.
>
> Which is the printers port?... of course 631. my search engine is givong
> me another: 515? But both of my computers print.
> Do you know if I can specify more than one port in the command? oops... I
> just found the correct syntax:
>      ufw allow 18:25,50:110,130:150,389:445,
> 631,900:1000,5800:5900,8080,9418
> the man page says I'm allowed 15 numbers in there. No spaces, separated by
> a coma, and ranges (x:y ) count as two numbers.
>
> What other ports does the great brain known as PLUG believe is good to
> open?
> I think ufw is basically a program to make iptables easier. Or do you
> want to give me a tutelage on iptables. I'm willing if you are! Does anyone
> have any pointers about ufw?
>
> ufw probably is an acronym for unix fire wall. or perhaps ubuntu fire
> wall.
>
>
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