nate wrote: >Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > >> hello all! >> >>after using windows for ages, i am planning to switch to linux. my >>compaq is already a dual boot machine running win98 and debian 3.0. >> >>i am on a lan which also provides me access to the internet. i know my >>machine's ip address, gateway and dns addresses. i use d-link card for >>connecting to the lan. >> >>i will like to have access to network resources (printers, etc) and the >>net. i tried my best but could not do much. >> >> > >you make absolutely no mention of what kind of network resources or >printers are available and what kinds of authentication(if any) are >required and what kind of network enviornment the system is in(usually >a business has a more strict setup then home users). > >If your lucky, your printer is using an lpd either directly(e.g. HP >JetDirect on a Laserjet printer), or indirectly(e.g. one of them fancy >printer sharing/hub/switch combo thingamajigs), in which case I reccomend >installing CUPS and configuring it to point to that printer. I won't >go into details here since you may have a completely different setup >which may require another method to print. > >If your unlucky your printer may be shared out via SMB or perhaps some >other means, which makes life a little more complicated. Also how >is the printer spooled to? Some setups have a central server with the >filters on the server so you spool raw data to the printer(don't need >a local driver), and the server takes care of the driver portion, others >(e.g. in a lpd enviornment usually) require a filter(driver) to be >installed/configured on the client in order to properly format the data >for the printer to understand. > >In even more obscure setups you may need special software if the printer >doesn't speak postscript, postscript(from my experience) is the best >"language" for printers supported under linux. Others may be more of >a headache. > >www.linuxprinting.org is a good resource on what printers are compadible. > > >For the fastest setup though I highly reccomend using a printer which >you can print to via lpd. > >and you make no mention of what other network resources you wish to >access, what specific operating systems those resources use, what >form of authentication etc. e.g. in some business enviornments which >run on NT domains you may not be able to access any network resources >without using samba and physically joining your system to the NT domain. > >post again, with as much details as you can. > >nate > > > > > > if i mistake not, i had appended my dmesg output to the original post.
here is more about the set-up we have. we have a win nt server and a lot of win9x pcs connected to it. we connect to the net throught this server only. the win9x machines have hp printers connected to them. and i need to - a. access the files on other computers and server b. connect to the net c. print on the hp printers (640c, 710c, 1170, etc) i am not able to do either. however, when i boot in windows, i am able to do all! it asks for my username and password to connect to the server. regards, sandip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
