[hangout] CUPS Printer Config

[Joe Villari]

I can ping my localhost

[joev@localhost joev]$ ping -c 5 localhost
PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of 
data.
64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 
time=49 usec
64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 
time=149 usec
64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 
time=152 usec
64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 
time=71 usec
64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 
time=121 usec

--- localhost.localdomain ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.049/0.108/0.152/0.042 ms

[joev@localhost joev]$ ping -c 5 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=48 usec
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=153 usec
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=591 usec
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=109 usec
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=384 usec

--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.048/0.257/0.591/0.202 ms

I added 198.162.0.1 printer to /etc/hosts

[joev@localhost joev]$ ping -c 5 printer
connect: Network is unreachable

[joev@localhost joev]$ ping -c 5 198.162.0.1
connect: Network is unreachable

What does this mean in terms of setting up a printcap file or correct 
route through CUPs? How do I determine what address my printer is on?

This is today's project ;)

Thanks
Joe


lowell wrote:

> Does he (you) know how to get himself an address? Use your favorite 
> text editor to edit /etc/hosts. Give your machine a name and an IP 
> address OTHER than the loopback address
>
>    SAMPLE:
>       (there already)>                 127.0.0.1        localhost    
> localhost.localdomain
>        (you add)>                        198.162.0.1   bob'smachine
>
> I have seen places say to put the macine name on the first line as 
> well, don't know why...
>
> HTH
>
>
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