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scj6771 · 08-31-2005, 01:05 PM

I have 2 questions and since they both pertain to networking I thought I would post them at once.

1. This question I am sure has been posted before, but after working on this problem and doing some research I still have some issues.

What will it take for me to run the Add a Printer Wizard on a remote machine? if I run this "rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il /c\\machine" it will no doubt run the wizard on that machine, however it will not give me the option to install a network printer, only a local printer. As I am sure you all know that when a user logs into a Win XP machine and configure a printer that printer does not stick when the next user logs in, installing printers for every user that uses that same machine becomes quite daunting task.

2. Is there a way for me to find out exactly what ports are open and closed on my DLINK DL-524 router? I know how to open and close them manually but I would like to see a list of all the ports that are used and un-used. Also my daughter like to abuse her AIM rights, what I would like to do is time out that port (5190) after 30 minutes of use. Can that be done? using the GUI interface of my router config page I can either shut down the port or specify a time when that port can be used, since I never know when exactly she will ask to use the computer I would like to just "time out" that port after a certain amount of time has passed if possible. Even if a third party software needs to be addressed I would be interested. Thank you all for your time.

08-31-2005, 01:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
scj6771 Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 77	Router and Printer Question I have 2 questions and since they both pertain to networking I thought I would post them at once. 1. This question I am sure has been posted before, but after working on this problem and doing some research I still have some issues. What will it take for me to run the Add a Printer Wizard on a remote machine? if I run this "rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il /c\\machine" it will no doubt run the wizard on that machine, however it will not give me the option to install a network printer, only a local printer. As I am sure you all know that when a user logs into a Win XP machine and configure a printer that printer does not stick when the next user logs in, installing printers for every user that uses that same machine becomes quite daunting task. 2. Is there a way for me to find out exactly what ports are open and closed on my DLINK DL-524 router? I know how to open and close them manually but I would like to see a list of all the ports that are used and un-used. Also my daughter like to abuse her AIM rights, what I would like to do is time out that port (5190) after 30 minutes of use. Can that be done? using the GUI interface of my router config page I can either shut down the port or specify a time when that port can be used, since I never know when exactly she will ask to use the computer I would like to just "time out" that port after a certain amount of time has passed if possible. Even if a third party software needs to be addressed I would be interested. Thank you all for your time.