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FrancG620
hi there people!
as part of a ''low cost / no cost'' computing project
I was asked to get a few PCs and a few printers connected
on a network.
the setup is a PC running DebIan (Etch) Linux with SaMBa
(as the PC server) two PCs running WinXP SP2
for printing -- there is an Epson USB inkjet printer (R200)
and an Apple Personal LaserWriter 320
now the 2 PCs running Win XP and the Epson Inket
are relatively new. The PC running DebIan is 4 yrs old
and has a 1GHz processor. the Apple laser was acquired
some time ago and kept in storage until this time it was attached
to a device called Asantetalk by Asante (that device is connected
to the laser)
in doing some research for this project -- I found out that
an Apple laser *can* be connected to a PC using this device --
but all the examples I've seen has a Mac in
the network somewhere -- THERE IS NO MAC *ANYWHERE* ON THIS NETWORK
I all ready set up the server to run SaMBa so that the printers could
be shared along with files.
now while I have the Epson printer up and running -- I cant see
the Apple laser -- I have a packet-analyzer telling me the Asante
the laser is connected to is connecting to the network but the
netatalk tools (such as nbplkup) are not showing me the laser
itself...
here is where I say HELP!
(thanks!)
FN G
as part of a ''low cost / no cost'' computing project
I was asked to get a few PCs and a few printers connected
on a network.
the setup is a PC running DebIan (Etch) Linux with SaMBa
(as the PC server) two PCs running WinXP SP2
for printing -- there is an Epson USB inkjet printer (R200)
and an Apple Personal LaserWriter 320
now the 2 PCs running Win XP and the Epson Inket
are relatively new. The PC running DebIan is 4 yrs old
and has a 1GHz processor. the Apple laser was acquired
some time ago and kept in storage until this time it was attached
to a device called Asantetalk by Asante (that device is connected
to the laser)
in doing some research for this project -- I found out that
an Apple laser *can* be connected to a PC using this device --
but all the examples I've seen has a Mac in
the network somewhere -- THERE IS NO MAC *ANYWHERE* ON THIS NETWORK
I all ready set up the server to run SaMBa so that the printers could
be shared along with files.
now while I have the Epson printer up and running -- I cant see
the Apple laser -- I have a packet-analyzer telling me the Asante
the laser is connected to is connecting to the network but the
netatalk tools (such as nbplkup) are not showing me the laser
itself...
here is where I say HELP!
(thanks!)
FN G