Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:26:34 -1000 From: al plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: network hook up for Win 10 laptop on Freebsd Message-ID: <5772EB8A.5090908@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606281452450.57984@wonkity.com> References: <5772D3C8.1050902@hdk5.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606281452450.57984@wonkity.com>
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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
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