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BambuLab A1 printer - LAN Mode - Firewall rules

BambuLab A1 printer - LAN Mode - Firewall rules By default, BambuLab 3d printers are connected via the Cloud - you upload your print files that way and you also can monitor your printer from anywhere in the world in that way. However, there is also a LAN mode where data flows between your computer running BambuStudio and the printer via your in-home network. I decided to create a separate VLAN for my 3D printer where it would be isolated from all my other machines. Unfortunately this created a problem in that my MacBook running BambuStudio would not detect the printer. Here is how I solved it: On this link , BL publishes this information that tells us how the printer announces itself on a network.      So the task at hand is to make sure that broadcast/multicast packets that the printer spits out make it to the VLAN that your computer is on. Let's assume that my computer is on VLAN A and my BL printer is on VLAN B. In my case I am running an OpnSense firewall and so ...

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