On Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 04:25:24PM -0500, Brian Morgan wrote: > Here's a tricky one for ya. I'm using debian 2.0 / samba to connect > several jet direct box printers via ip addresses so that hundreds of > laptops on our campus can print via ip using MS networking. Works > great. > Ok. Can you explain your setup a bit more? I will assume that the HP printers have the builtin JetDiret, and the Debian box is just accepting the SMB printer connections and printing them to the HPs with lpr.
> 1 problem now: All of a sudden, nobody can print with the existing > windows printer setup. If I recreate the same printer, same samba > network que, etc., I can print again. In looking at the properties of > the new printer and the old printer, they are identical, but the old one > comes up with a windows error "cannot connect to this network printer. > Check to make sure . . . blah blah blah." This error occurs on all the > laptops: even ones that have just been burned with a fresh hard drive > image containing the appropriate printer setups. > Interesting. What do you see if you browse the Network Neighborhood on one of the laptops and look at your Debian box(es)? Is it the same as what you see with a ``smbclient -L boxname''? Can you connect to the printer shares on your Debian box(es) with smbclient? Can you look at the printers on the Debian box(es) thru the Network Neighborhood on the laptops? > The only other thing I can think of that would relate is that last week > the debian servers each had an ip conflict. That has been resolved now, > and the boxes have all been restarted. > IP conflict with what? Each other or a laptop? How did you resolve it? > Any thoughts? Is this something anyone else has experienced, or is this > just another part of the ever growing list of problems associated with > the Bill Gates Virus? > Sounds weird, but we need more information on your setup. -- ______________________________________________________________ | ian eure, network admin, freelance security consultant, and | | manically depressed paranoid schizophrenic, at your service. | ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://minion.org ; : raw speed = 105.6 wpm with 4.5% errors : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
