Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 02/27/2018 04:21 PM, Thomas George wrote:
> I tried dnsmasq --dhcp-host=00:15:99:86:11:1F,CLP,192.168.2.13
>
> and the response was "failed to create listening socket for port 53: 
> Address already in use." Tried several other final two digits with the 
> same result. I even tried 192.168.1.139, the address the printer 
> prints out on its Network Configuration Report and got the same response.
>
> Perhaps I don't understand or am using the wrong dnsmasq option?

See if you can ping the printer, using the ip the printer prints on 
self-test. From console, type

ping 192.168.1.13
or
192.168.2.13

(I haven't seen the next-to-last number being 2--maybe that's the problem.)

> On 02/27/2018 01:29 PM, Reco wrote:
> >     Hi.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 01:07:17PM -0500, Thomas George wrote:
> > > apt-cache search dhcpd finds udhcpd. My pc's system is Debian 
> > > Stretch. There
> > > is a file /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf but no file /etc/dhcpd.
> > There's something wrong with your repository selection.
> > What you probably need is called "isc-dhcp-server". Or "dnsmasq". Both
> > can do "bind the lease to the MAC" trick.
> >
> >
> > > Is it possible to access the printer and change  its address to one in
> > > 192.168.2.x or to reset it to use dhcp?
> > The printer manual here - [1], page 36, talks about talks about some 
> > obscure
> > trickery involving the browser and html files in
> > /opt/Samsung/mfp/share/utils/.
> >
> > [1] http://uglyduck.ath.cx/PDF/printers/Samsung_CLP-320.pdf
> >
> > Reco.