{"id":8912,"date":"2021-11-30T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T09:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgildv5i97.onrocket.site\/answers\/?post_type=question&#038;p=8912"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T09:36:50","slug":"printing-from-firewall-dmz-to-internal-lan-ip-printer","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/networking\/printing-from-firewall-dmz-to-internal-lan-ip-printer\/49869.html","title":{"rendered":"Printing From Firewall DMZ To Internal LAN IP Printer??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to protect the computing assets on a perimeter firewalled \/ protected LAN from visiting laptops while still permitting the laptops wifi internet access and printing priviledges on the LAN&#8217;s networked HP printer<\/p>\n<p>To do that I was thinking of setting up a computer as a dedicated firewall with 3 NICs (external internet, internal LAN and a DMZ for a Guest wifi router for use by the visiting laptops). (Will probably use free Untangle Firewall software software or such on the dedicated firewall computer).<\/p>\n<p>What I can&#8217;t figure out is the firewall&#8217;s topology, IP ranges and rules \/ forwarding that would permit such laptop operation.<\/p>\n<p>I would think it would be a common need for small offices but can&#8217;t find much material on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>I do understand that such would slightly weaken the firewall but feel that I would gain more security overall.<\/p>\n<p>Please tell me if there an easier way to do this: with a 4th NIC \/ zone or perhaps by putting an additional dedicated IP printer somewhere else in the topology.<\/p>\n<p>thanks in advance,<\/p>\n<p>dbota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":3},"question-category":[49],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-8912","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-networking"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question\/8912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question-category?post=8912"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question_tags?post=8912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}