Thanks. The desktop support folks say it's easier for them to not do static IP addresses but I make them.
-----Original Message----- From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RSCS and DHCP This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01C5D4DA.8BA35B68 Content-Type: text/plain Side note: DHCP does not force dynamic addressing -- you can assign a fixed address via DHCP with no problem at all. We do this with pretty much everything BUT the DHCP server itself. If you want to use hostnames instead of IP addresses, then you need RSCSDNS, and you need to use the HOSTNAME= parm in RSCS CONFIG instead of HOSTIP (the default if you abbreviate to HOST=). he desktop support folks in our Simsbury office want to convert all LAN printers to DHCP. We currently have LPR printers using static IP addresses. Customers do not use PPS but an older command which basically issues SPOOL/TAG/PRINT. If the printers are converted to DHCP is there a way to define the RSCS printers to print to HOSTNAME rather than IP addresss? Do I need to create an RSCSDNS id or can RSCS print to a DNS name without RSCSDNS? ------ =_NextPart_001_01C5D4DA.8BA35B68 Content-Type: text/html <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>RSCS and DHCP</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=454062518-19102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Side note: DHCP does not force dynamic addressing -- you can assign a fixed address via DHCP with no problem at all. We do this with pretty much everything BUT the DHCP server itself. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=454062518-19102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=454062518-19102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If you want to use hostnames instead of IP addresses, then you need RSCSDNS, and you need to use the HOSTNAME= parm in RSCS CONFIG instead of HOSTIP (the default if you abbreviate to HOST=). </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">he desktop support folks in our Simsbury office want to convert all LAN printers to DHCP. We currently have LPR printers using static IP addresses. Customers do not use PPS but an older command which basically issues SPOOL/TAG/PRINT. If the printers are converted to DHCP is there a way to define the RSCS printers to print to HOSTNAME rather than IP addresss? Do I need to create an RSCSDNS id or can RSCS print to a DNS name without RSCSDNS?</FONT></DIV><FONT size=3><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------ =_NextPart_001_01C5D4DA.8BA35B68-- ------ =_NextPart_001_01C5D4DA.8BA35B68-- ************************************************************************* This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies. *************************************************************************
