I haven't tried that particular printserver, but I am using cups with a
Linksys 3-port printserver. The Linksys unit has a built-in lpr server.
Configuring it under cups was just a matter of using the MDK configuration
tool to add a new printer. I added a "remote" printer, specified the
printserver's IP address and port (the Linksys print server calls its ports
L1, L2, and L3), and cups handled it without any further effort.
One thing to keep in mind. I have used both Linksys and HP printservers, and
found that the trickiest part is setting the IP address they will use. The HP
printservers required that you talk to them with IPX to set the IP address.
The Linksys website gave instructions for determine the MAC address of the
printserver from its serial number and then using rarp to assign it an IP
address. You may want to ensure that the Netgear printserver documentation or
web site provide enough info so that you can assign it an IP address without
resorting to windows-based software bcause the method of assigning the IP
address isn't spelled out.
Neal
On Wednesday 14 March 2001 22:26, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> Hello all,
> Has anybody tried using cups with the aforementioned printserver? I
> don't imagine that it would be a problem, but after a lot of thought, it
> seems that this will be the most efficient solution for me at this time.
> I'm running multiple computers and multiple OS's on each computer in my
> home (SOHO); I don't really want to try to get every OS talking to every
> other OS on each computer - way to much confusion.
>
> If anyone has had experience with this setup, please let me know how it
> worked out, k?
>
> TIA, Mike
