Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:20:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Andrzej Wojtaszek <awojtasz@trinity.com.pl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to install printer on HP JetDirect Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210191824.29893R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199802100144.TAA01014@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, David Kelly wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Andrzej Wojtaszek wrote: > > > > > How to install printer on HP JetDirect for FreeBSD. J have no application > > > for administration from FreeBSD. > > > > See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/printing.html > > > > You can admin the JetDirect by telnetting to it. > > Only after it has discovered its IP address. See the man page for > rarpd(8). Basically you associate the raw ethernet address with a > hostname in /etc/ethers (see ethers(5)), and the hostname with an IP > address in /etc/hosts. You can't static the JetDirect? I know it picks up bootp, and looking at the telnet config I can feed it an IP address. New ones even do DHCP. This is off a LaserJet 5: To Change/Configure Parameters Enter: Parameter-name: value <Carriage Return> Parameter-name Type of value ip: IP-address in dotted notation subnet-mask: address in dotted notation default-gw: address in dotted notation syslog-svr: address in dotted notation idle-timeout: seconds in integers set-cmnty-name: alpha-numeric string (32 chars max) host-name: alpha-numeric string (upper case only, 32 chars max) dhcp-config: 0 to disable, 1 to enable novell: 0 to disable, 1 to enable dlc-llc: 0 to disable, 1 to enable ethertalk: 0 to disable, 1 to enable banner: 0 to disable, 1 to enable Type passwd to change the password. Type "?" for HELP, "/" for current settings or "quit" to save-and-exit. Or type "exit" to exit without saving configuration parameter entries > If the IP address is saved automatically in NVRAM then you need to clear > the NVRAM if you need to clear the old IP address. Think you hold the > JetDirect button down while applying power. I'll have to find that button :-) You can also run one of the selftest pages and get the MIO setup; that lists the current IP address. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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