7/16/2017 0 Comments Forward Port Windows VistaFix a network printer suddenly showing as offline in Windows Vista, 7 or 8 « Robin's Blog. July 3, 2. 01. 1This post has become quite popular – so I’ve updated it with a bit more detail, plus some people’s experiences from the comments. If you find it useful then please leave a comment – or, even better, if I’ve saved you time and money then donate a bit to cover my hosting costs. You may find, as I have done recently, that a network printer installed on a Windows Vista starts suddenly showing as Offline even when other machines on the network can access it fine. I originally thought it would be an IP address issue, but it turned out not to be anything to do with that. In fact, the solution was far simpler – but also slightly strange. SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol and is a way of getting information from network devices (such as routers, servers and printers), mainly for the purposes of finding out if there are any problems with the devices. A number of networked printers implement SNMP, and will respond to SNMP queries with information, but some don’t. My printer (a fairly old Lexmark T6. Windows Media Center (WMC) is a discontinued digital video recorder and media player created by Microsoft. Media Center was first introduced to Windows in 2002 on. You are here: Home Product PC Peripherals Update on Logitech’s Mouse and Keyboard Drivers for Windows 7. Update on Logitech’s Mouse and Keyboard Drivers for Windows 7. To fix that. ![]() Vista will never get a response to a SNMP message. The result of which is that the printer will start showing as offline at a seemingly random time because Vista has just sent a SNMP message to it, and it hasn’t responded. Thankfully there is a simple way to fix this – and it just involves telling Vista not to try and communicate with the printer via SNMP. Simply right- click on the printer in the Printers window, choose the Ports tab, and select Configure Port. At the bottom you will see a checkbox saying something like SNMP Status Enable. Untick that, and the printer should start showing as online again. That should be it. In this example I’m going to allow all traffic requesting port 80 (the default HTTP “web” port) through. Open a Port in Windows 7’s Firewall.Steps to open a port for program or game in the Microsoft Windows Firewall. Take a Tour Download Validation Interfaces Support and FAQs Help Files News and Tips Vanity Node Numbers Conference Servers Routers and Firewalls Current Logins. ![]() ![]()
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