On Wednesday 31 December 2003 05:59 am, Lee Mx wrote: > Eric, > > If I were smart I would give up now and quit showing my ignorance by not > being able to help you, but I'm not. ;-) I've used network printers for > years and have never had a problem. I assume that the responses above are > for lp1 and that you can ping 192.168.1.printer_ip and the mac is the > correct one (want to be sure the packets are going where we think they are > going.) netstat -nr will give you that one. Unfortunately, these have > always worked out of the box for me so I have no experience troubleshooting > them. The worst case for me has been that you need a windows box to set > dhcp with propriatary software:) > > sorry, > > P.S. Did you try to print the test page from apsfilter? Can the windows > boxes access it through the ip? (looking for the needle in the haystack.)
Lee, Thanks for the help. I've found I don't care about looking ignorant anymore because of some of the questions I've asked in here... I know I can ping the print server, and I know I've got the right IP address as this printer server has a built-in webpage for configuration. Also, it has the capability of configuration via tftp. Out of the box you type a # arp -s <new ip for print server> <print server MAC address> # tftp <ps IP> get config.txt You fill in the appropriate fields for configuration, and put the config.txt file back on the print server with # tftp <ps IP> put config.txt So, really this is a pretty advanced little monster. I _can_ print from the windows boxes, as they're using the lpr system as well. I set them up this way so I could be sure that the lpr/lpd settings on this devil worked. As far as the apsfilter test page, it works via parallel connection, but I cannot print it to the printer via the nework. I'm almost thinking at this point I need to contact the tech support personnel over at Zero One. They've been a help in the past when the windows driver didn't want to install right away. TIA -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
