From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 26 8:59:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF6C437BD64 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:59:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk ([192.168.91.36] ident=exim) by scientia.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1) id 12OkYL-000CbE-00; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:58:49 +0000 Received: (from ben) by strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk (Exim 3.12 #7) id 12OkYU-000796-00; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:58:58 +0000 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:58:58 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: ccba , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PostScript LAN printer problem Part 2 Message-ID: <20000226165858.B294@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <38B7D3DA.B83E0EA2@mindspring.com> <20000226135729.D98536@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <38B7F9B0.2E91A7A9@mindspring.com> <38B7D3DA.B83E0EA2@mindspring.com> <20000226135729.D98536@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <38B7F86A.7470C547@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <38B7F86A.7470C547@mindspring.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG please cc the list when replying, thanks. ccba wrote: > Sorry, I don't have the manual for the LaserWriter IIg. I inherited this > from a friend. > > but I did manage to print out a Printer Conficuration page for the printer. > > It says that the address of the printer is > > 08:00:07:54:E0:5C > > what a funny looking address , is this address valid ??? That's a perfectly valid Ethernet address (from the address, this is an Apple printer, right? [0]). Does it not tell you the IP address anywhere? That would be more useful. Perhaps it doesn't even have an IP address, in which case you'd need to find a way to print using it's Ethernet address. I can't help with that, sorry, so hopefully someone else can. > Pardon my ignorance, but what is ARP ?? man 4 arp. It basically tells you the Ethernet address of a host on the local network, provided you know it's IP address. I'm not sure if it can do the reverse, which is what you need really. [0] see http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/Ethernet/vendor.html -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message