Success-- but at the cost of security !? Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > I have the same Netgear printserver. > > > > > in fc2 generic postscript driver works using cups with no problems. > > > > in fc3 kernel 2.6.9-1.667 no way! no matter what I try, ie, > > not > > found using a browser, nor gui print conf, nor > > localhost:631 etc > > > > in fc3 connection to internet is up and running, everything else ok > > > > using ping to connect to printserver is ok > > > > but scan of all ports in printserver shows none are open! > > > > I'm a newb at a total loss! > > > > Run system-config-printer-gui and add the printer(s) with queue type > > > "UNIX printserver LPD", server is NETGEAR for me and queue is "P1" and > > > "P2". This creates following in > > > Unfortunately this is not the problem-- I cannot connect to the > > printserver, even tho it has a fixed ip address, > > and consequently no matter what is in /etc/cups/printers.conf the > > fc3 system cannot connect to it! > > For example, I duplicated the working fc2 /etc/cups/printers.conf > > using the gui as suggested above in fc3 > > but the system can't access it. > > Also, I should be able , as I can in fc2, > > to browse to the server and congfiure it without any printer > > installed at all. > > but this is not possible in fc3. > > no doubt because i'm a newb I'm making some incredibley stupid error, > > only I don't know what it is. > > > Steve > > Hm, that is a bit sad. I once configured my Netgear PS101 to have IP > 192.168.99. I can ping it - like you: > > $ ping -c1 192.168.0.99 > PING 192.168.0.99 (192.168.0.99) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 192.168.0.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=30 time=3.15 ms > > --- 192.168.0.99 ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 3.155/3.155/3.155/0.000 ms, pipe 2 > > A scan against the print server's LPD port shows it open: > > $ nmap -v -p515 192.168.0.99 > > Starting nmap 3.70 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2004-12-10 03:29 > CET > Initiating Connect() Scan against netgear.dogma.lan (192.168.0.99) [1 > port] at 03:29 > Discovered open port 515/tcp on 192.168.0.99 > The Connect() Scan took 0.05s to scan 1 total ports. > Host netgear.dogma.lan (192.168.0.99) appears to be up ... good. > Interesting ports on netgear.dogma.lan (192.168.0.99): > PORT STATE SERVICE > 515/tcp open printer > > Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.371 seconds My run of nmap shows everything closed! > Are you able to connect it in a different network to test connectivity > from a different system? Maybe even a Windows[tm] system and then to use > the Windows[tm] drivers/tools for that device? > Yes win98 connects , prints and configures with no problem. > Normally I would not suspect a coincidence with a print server break > while switching from FC2 to FC3. The last recommend I can give is to > flush firewall rules with > service iptables stop > to be sure, nothing blocks network traffic. But as you say the print > server states no ports open, this shouldn't be the case at all. I'm not quite sure how to do this. In a terminal an error code results -service is not found. However, using system settings-security level- firewall- disable firewall Works spectacularly! Full printing availible !! However, no security at all! Is a compromise possible? A very BIG thank you to Alexander Dalloz! Steve sola doctor com -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
