Shared Printer Problems with Windows Firewall

[Guest]

Greetings,

Here's my setup and delima;

I have a Linksys Wireless Broadband Router with a PC and Laptop both
connected via Wireless. The PC has a printer shared on it. When I attempt
to print from the laptop to the shared PC printer with Windows Firewall
Enabled, I am unable to do so -- the status on my laptopn for the printer is
"Unable to Connect". I have verified the exception option of "File Printer
and Sharing" is enabled under the Windows Firewall Exception settings on the
PC with the shared printer. When I disable the Windows Firewall on the PC
with the shared printer, I can print fine. It's a pain to have to disable
the firewall on the PC every time I need to print something from my laptop.

Any ideas?

 

[Alan Morris]

Verify that the scope of the File and Printer sharing exception is set for
all computers

Select Exceptions, File and Printer Sharing, Edit, Change Scope