You can also telnet to the JetDirect Interface and change that access lists. (some older jetdirects don't support 'allow') Once you are there hit enter a couple of times and you will see a ">" prompt. Type ? for help Also note that if you don't set a password at the telnet interface, anyone could telnet into the JetDirect card and change the lists as well as lock you out or change the ip of the printer. . . you get the idea. Side Note: lexmark network printer have a similar interface on port 9000 -- Robert Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data Services Engineer Eastern Kentucky University on 1/24/2001 8:10 AM, Christoph Beyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > all the HP network printers have 'host access' lists that you can enable > via bootp or the display. You just put the IP adress of your > printspooler in the access list: that's it, printjobs from other hosts > will be denied, may also work with subnet masks (?)... > > Good luck > > ~Christoph > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >> >> hi again, >> >> We have installed succesfully two hp network printers using LPRng >> and ifhp. Every think seems to work fine, but now we are worried about >> how to avoid that people that don't belong to our subnetwork send jobs >> to our printers. We can't install a firewall because we just can access >> to the hub's output sockets (in tow of them we have plugged printers and >> in the rest of them our computers). (We know that this question doesn't >> regard this mailing list), but any idea? >> >> thank you very much. >> >> best regards. >> >> roger ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
