Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:46:25 +0530 From: "Amarendra Godbole" <amarendra.godbole@gmail.com> To: "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd refuses to print from a machine with a DHCP assigned IP address... Message-ID: <294439d20704070016w78c3ed20i7776c4430e614180@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070406094809.024dc848@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <294439d20704052316s65cca52bk71307736766b3e8f@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070406094809.024dc848@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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On 4/6/07, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > You don't say if your DHCP IP is a private LAN IP or a public IP. Oops...my mistake. It is a private LAN IP, and not a public IP. And since the box is a laptop, I cannot really have a static IP assigned to it (though I am allowed to), as I keep on moving between offices with different network configurations. Best, Amarendra > If the IP is public and you don't require direct access to this IP from the > internet, put a router in place between your modem and the server and give > your server a static private IP. > > If you do need a public IP on your server, ask your provider for a static IP > instead of a DHCP one.
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