Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (110 mails)

[Nick Drage <nick-drage@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

Speaking from experience a couple of years ago, and please excuse me
contributing to a vaguely off-topic thread:

> > Does anyone know how to set up an HP LasetJet
> > (with a TCP/IP) to be used on the Intranet?

As someone else stated, use the "Control Panel", i.e. the physical buttons
on the printer itself, to set up the correct IP address.

> Don't know the details, but typically, these are
> configured using things like :
> 1. Web interface (assumes a working IP in the first place of course)
> 2. Bootp/Rarp type system
> 3. Some clever poking about with arp and ping
> 
> These are some of the techniques used - I don't know
> about this specific machine.
> 
> > I have printed out the menu and it says that it is 192.0.0.192
> > but there is no way to get at it to change the settings.  I have
> > plugged in a patch lead and tried to ping the thing.

Excuse the obvious question, but have you tried connecting the printer
directly to a PC using a cross-over cable?

> This will only work if you other machines are configured
> to be on the same IP network (in terms of network numbers)
> - ie have IP addresses numbered in the same range : 192.0.0.X
> with the same subnet mask.

That's a very good point, check the subnet mask of the printer compared to
the boxes you're trying to ping it from and ensure they match.



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