On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:39:09 -0800 "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps I need to rephrase my question. > > There is a printer I want to be able to print to and then able to offer it > to the LAN through LMHOSTS. I can print to it. But I cannot share it Stupid question: where is the printer? Sounds like it is attached to the LAN via a Jet Direct card? If it's already on the LAN, why does your box have to serve it up? I must be mis-understanding something. > correctly unless I can see what name its broadcasting. Past experience with > phoning up and asking the users has been discouragingly imprecise. > > Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA30 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) > Interesting ports on (192.168.0.254): > (The 1542 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) > Port State Service > 21/tcp open ftp > 23/tcp open telnet > 80/tcp open http > 280/tcp open http-mgmt > 515/tcp open printer > 631/tcp open cups > 9100/tcp open jetdirect > > What is actually need is the netbios name that this printer appears under. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'. | ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | +------------------------------------------------------------+
