On Thu, 2005-06-02 19:58:13 +0200, Roland Wegmann <r.wegm@gmx.net> wrote: > Can I communicate with the printer server using its MAC address in order to > set the static IP of the printer server? If yes, what tools allows to do > this? You'd try to sniff for it's MAC address. Hopefully it'll attempt to access the network (eg. for fetching current time, announcing itself as a SMB printer, ...) and then you'll get it's address. If you're one of the lucky ones, it'll even ask you for an IP address... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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