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Block mDNS broadcasts/Printer Sharing From Client Devices

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  • 1.  Block mDNS broadcasts/Printer Sharing From Client Devices

    Posted Oct 27, 2023 10:41 AM

    Greetings,

    I was looking over the AirGroup documentation and wasn't clear on whether or not the following is doable.

    The situation:  
    We use PaperCut MF and Mobility Print for faculty/staff and students to easily find the printers.  I have the printers segregated by subnets (students can only "see" certain printers and faculty/staff members can "see" most all printers.  PaperCut's Mobility Print uses Bonjour/AirPrint in the setup I have.  I'm using DNS discovery.  It works exactly as I expect and want it to.

    However, I see quite a few clients on my network that are rebroadcasting/sharing these printers.  On my managed devices, this is easy to solve.  However, with BYOD, it presents a bit of a challenge.

    My question:  Can I use AirGroup to BLOCK the printer sharing from client devices, yet allow them to "see" and print to the printers they're allowed to use?  I DO want both faculty/staff and students to use AirPlay.  Faculty/staff and students have separate VLANs.

    My APs are managed in ArubaCentral.  All APs have the Foundation licenses.  I have AP-515s, 535s, and 575s.  All are running AOS 10.04

    Thanks so much!

    -Andre Wald