--- Darren Sque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Michael Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nah, no waste! > > > > Gretchen, sorry I can't be of more assistance with > > the PC part of this. > > I'll look at how we're connecting to the print > > servers at work to see if I > > can come back with any helpful info. Don't give > up > > yet! > > I think Gretchen may have more luck with static > addresses than dhcp. So much easier for all the > reasons I've explained before.
I tried walking her through disabling DHCP and manually setting an IP to disable BootP. I think she got DHCP turned off but might still have BootP going on the JetDirect. BootP works pretty much like DHCP, except for if you have a BootP server you can manually assign IPs to devices by MAC address. Then you can sit at one console and change all IPs on your network. DHCP assigns IPs on a first come, first served basis. Could download and install Web JetAdmin and do the configuration in a friendly GUI environment, but IIRC, you have to setup at least one print queue and do some other things, so it's actually more work than using Telnet. Telnet is very useful. You can run the Telnet server that comes with Windows XP (in XP Pro, dunno about Home) then with a Telnet client on the Mac you can run things on the PC. 'Course you can also do that with VNC (Virtual Network Computing). That's freeware which puts the other system's desktop in a window and you can use the mouse and keyboard remotely. VNC runs on many platforms and is fully cross-operational amongst most of them. ===== Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
