On Thu, October 15, 2015 6:53 am, Reco wrote: > Attach Ethernet cable to your laptop and printer via switch. > > Ensure that NetworkManager ignores your laptop's Ethernet interface > (eth0 for simplicity). > > Run (as root): > > ip l s dev eth0 up ip a a dev eth0 192.168.1.200/24 > > "ping 192.168.1.210" should succeed. > "arping -I eth0 192.168.1.210" should show MAC 00:10:83:5D:43:2B. > > telnet 192.168.1.210
Reco, this works perfectly. Many thanks for including all the details. And it turns out (according to the ISP out there) that my associate is receiving via a radio link a single address (192.168.100.3) from the DHCP server of the ISP. So in order to accommodate an ethernet printer, I need to install and configure a router. My only experience with routers has been with a PC running IPCop, but I understand that there are small firmware-based routers, which I suppose include a firewall and DHCP server. Have you any recommendations as to brand and model? Russ
