Reading from my rh9 pro manual you need to select the printer in the printer config panel, and then select action->sharing in order to share the printer on the network. I assume this is the same in fc1. By default the rh install of cups is localhost only. -Shawn On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 07:29, Bill Johnson wrote: > I have a home network configured as follows: > > Server - running Fedora Core .95 beta. > Laptop - running Redhat 8.0 > Connected via Netgear RP114(?) web safe router > Printer is HP841C connected to Server via usb > > Printing from laptop worked fine under previous config (Redhat 7.3 was on > previously on server, and printing was via lpd), but I cannot get printing > to work from laptop now. > > Cups is installed on server and printer works fine when printing from > server. > > Printer has been configured on laptop every possible way, but will not > print. Have read google posts, howtos, and cups docs for 2 days, but > nothing works. > > nmap shows port 631 on server, but DOES NOT show it on laptop. Firewalls > are completely off on both laptop and server. > > Question 1 - Are there issues with doing this in fedora? Am I hitting > some known problem with the beta? > > Question 2 - Can I just abandon CUPS and use the old lpd? It worked > perfectly for me, and was not difficult to configure. I can't seem to > find it on the new distro. Is it not provided with fedora? > > Question 3 - Is the NETGEAR router a possible problem? Could it be > blocking visibility to port 631? Any suggestions about that if so? > > Question 4 - Is there anybody on this list who has managed to get a > similar printing scenario up and running? > > Thanks in advance for the help. Getting a printer to work should not be > this difficult. I must be doing something terribly wrong, but can't > figure it out. Obviously, if I can't print with fedora, I can't use > fedora, so I must resolve this. > > Regards, > Bill Johnson > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
