Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:44:41 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: brother hl-5250dn here. Message-ID: <20080319204441.GA5933@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <20080319185439.GA23358@thought.org> References: <20080319185439.GA23358@thought.org>
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:54:43AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Ihave my new printer here, hooked into my hub/switch. What next? > How to configure it to get a DHCP lease. I just rebooted my > pfSense firewall and do not see any new leases! Out of the box my HL-5250DN got a lease from dhcpd on my FreeBSD 6.2 system. The 5250 network manual says if it can't find a DHCP server then it will pick an address in the range of 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If for some reason APIPA is disabled it will select 192.0.0.192. Modern hub/switches are wonderful for their purchase price and value received, but often have problems of their own. Often helps to power cycle a switch when moving connectors around If pfSense is configured to issue IP addresses via DHCP and isn't issuing one to the printer, then suspect something else issued an IP address. If there is any possible path between your printer and cable or DSL modem then suspect the modem issued (or refused to issue) and IP address. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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