On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 10:03 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > To my knowledge (admittedly limited), you do not use rc.inet to configure > > the IP address of peripheral equipment not physically part of that > > computer. > > In Slackware one uses /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to set Ethernet and wireless > interfaces. They are brought up and down using ifconfig. > > Rich > This is completely true for the computer you are using and the interfaces located physically within that computer. You most certainly DO NOT use rc.inet.conf to set the IP address of a remote printer or any other device not actually within the case of the computer directly connected to the motherboard. Apples and horseshoes to the original complaint. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
