Thanks very much. I went with the ISC solution and it seems to be working for the most part. The only problem I am having now is setting the jetdirect passwd: and syslog-svr: via tftp. I am able to set-community-name:, allow:, and disable unwanted protocols.
I have tried on three jetdirect models. One works and two don't. J3113A fw ver. G.08.32 - cannot set passwd and syslog-svr (LJ 8000) J2550B fw ver. A.08.32 - cannot set passwd and syslog-svr (LJ 5Si) J4169A fw ver. L.21.22 - completely working (Color LJ 4550) Any ideas? dean > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Roessner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPRng: printer configs via solaris dhcp and tftp > > > Hi! > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:32:40PM -0400, > Knape, Dean wrote: > > Sorry this is not lprng specific but I figure you are a > great bunch of people to ask. > > > > Is anyone using Solaris 8 dhcp to serve up what's needed > for printers to get their configs from a tftp server? > > Our setup is somewhat different (our printers speak BOOTP to > an ISC dhcpd > instead of DHCP to a Solaris dhcpd) but I expect the > resulting differences > are minor ones. Also, we are only booting HP printers this way. > > The only two things our printers want to know are which file > to get from > what server. The server is taken from the usual "next server" entry, > defaulting to the machine the boot reply came from. The file > name is taken > from a "vendor extension" field a.k.a. "DHCP option" in DHCP > speak. You will > have to determine which "option code" the printer expects; > for HP printers > this code is 144. So add an option with code 144 and the > config file name > (relative to the tftpd root dir) as value to your dhcp entry, > and you should > be fine. > > > > > We currently only have HP printers to support so I could > use HP provided utils, ie. Jetdirect installer for Solaris. > I am just afraid that that might limit us if we have to > support Xerox printers, for example, in the future. > > This is somewhat outdated information because we abandoned > the HP network > printing tools some years ago but I would recommend caution > when dealing > with HP manufactured printing related software for Solaris. > The installation > routines used to "improve" our system configuration so HP > supplied (and > thoroughly lobotomized) daemons were started instead of their Solaris > counterparts and the like. Since HP printers network boot > fine from standard > software we decided that HP software was not worth the pain > of fixing our > /etc directory after every installation. > > Of course, if you use printers from a different manufacturer, > you may have > to do a test installation of whatever software they provide, > just to see how > they do these things and to incorporate the information into > your dhcpd > configuration. > > Hope this helps a little, > Ralph R��ner > > -- > Ralph R��ner TU Darmstadt > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FB Informatik > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > 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. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
