On Sunday 18 October 2009 21:06:18 Alex Schuster wrote: > I do not know whether the client searches the local subnet for a server, > or whether a server broadcasts its existence along the subnet, but it > just works here. >
It's done by SNMP usually. Other methods exist, such as zeroconf (avahi). Which explains why printers "just appear" -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com