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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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Thank you much for your help. |
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Kris Kerwin |
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