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On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <kkerwin@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi folks! |
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> I have a quick question. |
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> I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We have |
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> separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. Together, we're |
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> behind our school's router which dynamically assigns us both IP's. |
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> Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one |
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> another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it |
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> over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. |
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> However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. |
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> First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so setting up |
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> an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. Also, my school |
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> has a "one port - one computer" rule that prohibits routers. |
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> Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have dynamic |
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> IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the right server if |
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> it has a dynamic IP. |
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> Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like DynDNS |
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> to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't work either. |
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> So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this |
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> work, or if I'm SOL? |
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It would seem that people are thinking about this problem just a bit |
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too hard. Here is how my network is setup. All users have DHCP addys, |
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its a mix of mainly Gentoo with the odd Windows box. The printers are |
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all connected to Gentoo servers which have cups and samba setup. Cups |
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serves printing for all the Linux boxes and is also hooked into Samba |
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so the windows boxes can print. As far as IP addresses go... screw |
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em... use the netbios name of the machines, for the Windoze box this |
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will be its hostname and the same is true for the Linux box (I don't |
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think I had to do any extra setup in Samba to make it broadcast a |
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netbios name). You will then be able to print locally from the Linux |
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box via CUPS and you can install the printer just like any other |
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shared printer (\\your_gentoo_box\printer_name) under Windows. Gentoo |
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has excellent Samba setup howtos if you need more info. In this case |
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you break no rules and there is no complex DNS setup stuff. Hope all |
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this makes some sense. |
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-Mike |
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________________________________ |
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Michael E. Crute |
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http://mike.crute.org |
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Linux takes junk and turns it into something useful. |
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Windows takes something useful and turns it into junk. |
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