hmmmmmm..... opening the ports didn't help any. I opened:
bmike1@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@Michaels-PC:~$
What else do you think I should open?
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@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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