From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 28 21:26:37 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE0EB85A34 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:26:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btv1==9876ed82408==noc@hdk5.net) Received: from spamfilter.netenterprise.net (spamfilter.netenterprise.net [64.29.90.141]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "spamfilter.netenterprise.net", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8AA5D2FD0 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:26:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btv1==9876ed82408==noc@hdk5.net) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1467149194-0a94c50ea886960001-nG3My6 Received: from IMAIL5.netenterprise.net (imail5.netenterprise.net [64.29.90.135]) by spamfilter.netenterprise.net with ESMTP id uSgBhgg0vGZ4LoVB (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:26:35 -1000 (HST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: noc@hdk5.net X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 64.29.90.135 X-ASG-Whitelist: Client Received: from ponolei.intra.net [72.235.61.32] by IMAIL5.netenterprise.net with ESMTP (SMTPD-12.5.3.93) id 7e4000035cc62af2; Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:26:35 -1000 Message-ID: <5772EB8A.5090908@hdk5.net> X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: udp017597uds.hawaiiantel.net[72.235.61.32] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 72.235.61.32 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: 72.235.61.32 Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:26:34 -1000 From: al plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block CC: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: network hook up for Win 10 laptop on Freebsd References: <5772D3C8.1050902@hdk5.net> X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: network hook up for Win 10 laptop on Freebsd In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Barracuda-Connect: imail5.netenterprise.net[64.29.90.135] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1467149195 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://spamfilter.netenterprise.net:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 1970 X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at netenterprise.net X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:26:37 -0000 Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, al plant wrote: > >> Aloha List, >> >> I have aquired a Dell Laptop Inspiron 14 -3452 Windows 10 O/S. >> >> Box has Hdmi, USB and media card reader ports . Also Wireless network >> hookup. >> >> The network is FreeBSD 8 and has an old HP Laser jet printer and >> several desktops with FreeBSD that work with the printer. >> >> We want to print email received on the Dell on the network. The >> FreeBSD network is hardwired with cables and connectors. The Telcom >> link to internet is wireless and cable mixed. Any ideas how I can do >> this with the new Dell? Can I use converter connectors to the cable >> and connect the Dell to the switch that the other working units >> connect to now. > > Is the "FreeBSD network" connected to the wired port of the cable box? > The wireless portion is probably shared with the wired. From the > notebook, ping the laser printer. Odds are good that will work. > > The step after that is adding a printer on the Windows system. The > trick there used to be telling it to use a "local port", then creating > a port for the IP address of the printer. I don't know if or how much > Microsoft might have changed that in later versions of Windows. Which > version do you have? > > Thanks Warren, I will look at this. Windows 10 My wife works with a mix of mac, windows at her job and her It guy has had a couple of issues that never were reserved mostly to do with age of printers. This we hoped to side step by the network. I cant figure out how you get the network hooked to the windows. I am looking to info on what ports could work on the box. Thanks ~ Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 ~ Supporting FreeBSD - UNIX Computer O/S email: noc@hdk5.net email: alplant.att.net ."All that's really worth doing is what we do for others" - Lewis Carrol