On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:15:40 -0500, Steve Daniels <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Hello everyone.  I have been away from the list for a long time and now I
am
>back.
>
>We currently have an issue with printing to a laserjet over the internet
>from our HP3000 series 928.  We are still on 5.5.
>We thought that this would be an easy thing to do.  We print to laserjets
>all the time over our network.  This time we have the Laserjet 4050 at a
>remote location connected to a router that has a pegged IP address from our
>ISP.  The problem is that the ISP has temporarily blocked all traffic using
>the SNMP protocol.  The engineer at the response center said this was
needed
>to communicate with the laserjet.  Supposedly, this is a temporary
situation
>for the ISP.  They are concerned with security issues with the protocol.
>
>I need to know if anyone knows of a way to make this happen without SNMP.
>The engineer at the response center suggested that we look for third party
>software.
>
>Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
>
>Steve Daniels
>MIS Manager
>Park Farms, Inc.
>Canton, OH
>330-455-0241
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Try setting up a VPN connection (tunnel) using a hardware firewall between
the 2 locations.  The VPN will encrypt/decrypt all data traffic and so the
SNMP will not be recognized as such by the ISP.

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