topic bi-directional access to a local IP Address in Horizon Desktops and Apps

bi-directional access to a local IP Address

Topstep1 — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:20:54 GMT

Is there anything that can be done to allow a Horizon VM running in a remote Datacenter to access a local IP Address.

I am going to visit a company (different companies) and using a Windows Surface Pro X, will be given access to their local network (file shares and IP addresses of Large Format Printing Devices).

While visiting this company, I will connect to a remote VM in my Datacenter (Horizon Server & Client 2106). I will access files (graphics files) on there local network, work on those files in my remote VM and then Print those files to THEIR local Printers (not like regular print redirection; these are BIG industrial Printers and are accessed only by IP Address with special software.

Now, some of the Applications on that 'remote machine' needs to 'see' the IP Addresses of those Printers that my Surface device has access to and can see.

The Surface OS is Windows 11 Enterprise and the remote machine is Windows Server 2022

So smart people, how can this be accomplished? (I control the remote datacenter)

(If my apps were running locally, no problem but they are in a remote datacenter)

Please point me in the right direction and Thanks.

Re: bi-directional access to a local IP Address

ofox — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 03:15:33 GMT

It looks like those printers are network printers. If your remote VM has a network access to the printer then LBP(Location Based Printing) can work for you.

Alternatively you can print to a PDF file first from VM to your local client machine(Surface Pro) then go a local printing to the printer.

Re: bi-directional access to a local IP Address

Topstep1 — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:03:21 GMT

It's that 'network access' that I'm trying to establish. This is REALLY more of a need to be able to ping that ip address (It's a WAN situation because the VM is outside of the company)

As my screenshot below shows, the IP address of the Printer is the ONLY option. I think LBP will need printer drivers.

Can anyone this in a method that would work (DirectAccess?, VPN, NST-T) I need to know what 'can' be done and I can work out the how (It's how I learn -- use 'current' tech to solve a problem.

Printer Setup is ONLY IP