RE: Getting a HP Jetdirect to work through routers

Roger,

The problem is that by using a "pure" IP protocol like LPR/LPD (i.e. Remote printer) you can route it over a WAN but by using a "LAN" printer option you may have to check whether traffic through port 9100 is allowed and whether the non-standard protocol is routable. I don't want you to answer this question in a public forum but you need to check your router config for this and also check whether access lists are employed on your router.

I am a little dismayed that people out there still think you have to have a remote controller to run a remote printer! We're talking IP here not SNA. This config will work fine:

 Type command, press Enter.                                                    
 ===> CRTOUTQ OUTQ(FICTION) RMTSYS(HPJETDIRECT) RMTPRTQ('raw1') CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE(*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL(*IBM4226) 

where HPJETDIRECT is an entry in your host table. 
 
Alistair
                                                                               

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Vicker, CCP [mailto:rvicker@vicker.com]
Sent: 15 August 2001 20:37
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Getting a HP Jetdirect to work through routers

Paul,

The *DFTROUTE is 10.0.0.254 since that is the router that is on the same lan as
the AS/400. The 10.2.0.254 router is on the remote lan as seen from the AS/400
end of things.

Alistair,

The printer is defined as a lan printer by:

CRTDEVPRT DEVD(WDPR10971)
          DEVCLS(*LAN)
          TYPE(3812)
          MODEL(1)
          LANATTACH(*IP)
          PORT(9100)
          FONT(11)
          TRANSFORM(*YES)
          MFRTYPMDL(*HP4000)
          RMTLOCNAME('10.2.1.97')
          SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV)
         TEXT('FWD Data Collections Laser')

It can not be DEVCLS(*RMT) since it is not connected to a remote workstation
controller.

As part of trying to figure this out I did try using a remote outq and it
worked. However I need the functions of CRTDEVPRT. I've also tried adding a name
to the host table and using that in the DEVD and OUTQD with no difference.

Paul Tykodi wrote:

> Dear Roger,
>
> You might want to execute the command CFGTCP on your IBM host and then
> choose option 2 Work with TCP/IP Routes. You should see something that looks
> like the following when you press enter:
>
>                             Work with TCP/IP Routes
>                                                              System:
> S102G6VM
>  Type options, press Enter.
>    1=Add   2=Change   4=Remove   5=Display
>
>       Route            Subnet           Next             Preferred
>  Opt  Destination      Mask             Hop              Interface
>
>       *DFTROUTE        *NONE            10.10.5.1        *NONE
>
> In your case the *DFTROUTE value should point towards the Cisco router at IP
> Address 10.2.0.254. The OS/400 value *DFTROUTE is used to tell an IBM
> iSeries or AS/400 server where to send all requests to contact IP addresses
> that are not visible to the server on its local segment. You can add other
> routing entries that specify certain address ranges and a different IP
> address as the next hop as necessary.
>
> HTH
>
> /Paul
> --
> Paul Tykodi
> Director of Technical Services
> LCI-Intermate US, Inc.
>
> p: 603.431.0606 x115
> f: 603.436.6432
> paul@intermate-us.com
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>
> >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:42:45 -0500
> >From: "Roger Vicker, CCP" <rvicker@vicker.com>
> >Organization: Vicker Programming Systems
> >To: Midrange List <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> >Subject: Getting a HP Jetdirect to work through routers
> >Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am having trouble getting some HP Jetdirect servers to work with an
> >AS/400 through routers. The AS/400 is working with Jetdirects on its
> >local network (CRTDEVPRT *HPT) but when I use the same process through
> >routers the writer times out after about 3 minutes and the spool file
> >never changes from RDY. Sprint claims that they didn't block any ports
> >in the routers.
> >
> >The layout is:
> >
> >AS/400 @ 10.0.0.1 mask 255.255.0.0 on an otherwise Novel network
> >Cisco router @ 10.0.0.254
> >Frame Relay by Sprint
> >Cisco router @ 10.2.0.254
> >Local peer to peer (Windows xxxx) network 10.2.#.# mask 255.255.0.0
> >but with a WINS server @ 10.2.1.57
> >The AS/400 has the WINS tab pointed to the local WINS server.
> >
> >CAE and file server works OK. Local PCs can use the Jetdirects. The
> >AS/400 can ping the Jetdirects by address and the CRTDEVPRT uses the
> >address, not a host name.
> >
> >Where do I look next?
> >
> >Roger Vicker, CCP
> >
> >--
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>

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