I wonder if you could help me with a problem that I am having with making the
RedHat Linux 5.0 see a Novell Personal NetWare Server on a small LAN set up.
I have posted this same message several times on the hurricane email list
last week and no one responded to it.
I would like to set up a remote printer on my Pentium 100 MHz computer, which
is running the RedHat Linux 5.0 OS with the new kernel 2.0.32 version and
libc-5.3.12-25, to send prints to a DeskJet 855C printer on a networked 486
25 MHz computer, running OpenDOS 7.01 with Personal NetWare Server/Client
software.
Both the Pentium 100 MHz and the 486 25 MHz computers are on a 10Base2 LAN in
my home. I have a Realtek 8029 PCI ethernet combo 10Base2 LAN card installed
in the Pentium 100 MHz computer, which is configured for I/O address 0x6000
and IRQ 9. Linux is set up to work with this network as follows:
# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:1C:00:2B:55
inet addr:192.168.110.0 Bcast:192.168.110.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
IPX/Ethernet II addr:1C002B0C:00001C002B55
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x6000
# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 1 lo
192.168.110.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1 eth0
The 486 25 MHz computer is using the IPX ethernet_II protocol. The Personal
NetWare server name and the workgroup name have been already set up as well as
the shared resources for printing to the HP DeskJet 855C as a remote printer.
The documentation, which is included on the RedHat Linux 5.0 CD-ROM seems to
hint that it is possible to interface to Personal NetWare from Linux using the
ncpfs utility commands. I have tried using the following command in Linux:
# ipx_configure --auto_interface=y --auto_primary=y
# ipx_interface add eth0 EtherII
which adds the ipx Ether_II protocol to eth0 without errors. Then I enter:
# ipx_interface check eth0 EtherII
which displays:
IPX Address for (eth0, EtherII) is 1C002B0C:00001C002B55.
to verify that the IPX Address and frame type is set>
However, when I enter the slist command in Linux to list the Personal NetWare
Server name, it says; "server name not found in ncp_open". I made sure that
the ipx address 0x00001c002b0c is unused on the 486 25 MHz computer.
I know for sure that the Personal NetWare Server is working because I also
have OpenDOS 7.01 with Personal NetWare Client/Server software installed on
a separate hard disk partition on the Pentium 100 MHz computer. I can boot
up from OpenDOS 7.01 and access the 486 25 MHz computer and send prints to
the HP DeskJet 855C from the Pentium 100 MHz computer in OpenDOS 7.01.
The following is the net.cfg file that the 486 25 MHz computer is currently
using:
Link driver NE2000
INT 10
PORT 300
FRAME Ethernet_II
Netware DOS Requester
PREFERRED WORKGROUP = SMITH_WORKGROUP
FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F
NETWARE PROTOCOL = PNW
NETWORK PRINTERS = 4
SHOW DOTS = ON
USE DEFAULTS = ON
VLM = AUTO.VLM
VLM = NMR.VLM
DESKTOP SNMP
sysName = ""
sysLocation = ""
sysContact = ""
snmpEnableAuthenTraps = ON
Enable Monitor Community = SPECIFIED
monitor community = "public"
Enable Control Community = SPECIFIED
control community = "public"
Enable Trap Community = SPECIFIED
trap community = "public"
asynchronous timeout = 20
TRANSPORT PROVIDER IPX
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am not sure what command syntax to use in Linux to connect to the Personal
NetWare on the 486 25 MHz computer to send prints to the printer. I know that
the Personal NetWare requires a workgroup name which is "SMITHWORKGROUP" on
the 486 25 MHz computer.
The mars_nwe program that comes with Linux is only a NetWare server, not a
NetWare client, which would allow me to remote print through Personal NetWare.
Do you have any suggestions on how I can accomplish this with ncpfs or any
Linux based Personal NetWare client program?
Any tips or suggestions will be very appreciated.
Again, thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
David Smith
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