You _should_ be able to do what you need by just changing the IP
addresses that you are talking to. This can work as long as you can
force your printing software to talk to your computer instead of the
printer and can figure out the settings to change the port-spec object
to. You'll probably have to fill in the host and change te port-id to
9100.
And to address your confusion about the ports and the conversation:
The port on the host, your computer will always be different. It
simply cycles around the valid port numbers. It will be contacting a
known port on the target computer (or printer)... if that port changed
you would have no way of knowing where to talk to. Once the
connection from the host to the target is made, the target knows what
the port number of the host is so it can talk back.
Good luck.
Sterling
> After looking at the proxy.r program on the Web site, I realized
> that I have a need for something similar to this to track down
> problems I am having with printing to an IP printer. Here's my
> question: Is it possible to do the same thing as proxy does for Web
> traffic but change it to IP addresses of a host and IP printer to
> see what data is really getting to the print? The port number is
> the standard port 9100 (for most HP type printers) however I noticed
> that the conversation seems to originate from the host on different
> ports. Don't get that part of the socket - but then I'm no socket
> expert. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Mike Yaunish
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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