Re: direct ethernet connection between computer and printer
On Thu, October 15, 2015 1:30 am, Reco wrote:
> Did this 'configuration report' mention the netmask used by printer?
> What about printer's MAC?
Yes; the title is "JetDirect Configuration Page", which provides the
following:
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.1.210
SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0
DEF. GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1
LAN HW ADDRESS: 0010835D432B
I presume that the "LAN HW ADDRESS:" is the mac address.
> NetworkManager is unnecessary complex tool for such simple task.
> A simple sequence of 'ip link set' and 'ip address add' is sufficient
> for such things.
Understood; but NetWorkManager is installed by default by the Debian
installer when Xfce is specified in Jessie. Can I make use of
NetworkManager, or ignore it?
> You do not need to guess here. Run tcpdump at your laptop, power cycle
> the printer. As long as you see requests to 0.0.0.0 udp port 67 - the
> printer uses DHCP for configuration.
I brought the printer (and the laptop) back here. I installed tcpdump. I
see no requests to 0.0.0.0 udp port 67.
Russ
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