Subject: Re: Is it a Zone problem ?
From: Carsten Neumann (deltor@snafu.de)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 15:34:22 EST
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Deepak Gupta wrote:
> I have ibook (blue) with MacOS and Apple Personal Laser NTR.
> But I'm love of Linux, so I have SuSe Linux on ibook with
> netetalk running. ibook do not have any apple/parellel/serial port so to
> use the printer I have Farallon EtherMac Printer adapter, which connect
> to Ethernet port on ibook, and Appletalk port on Printer.
> Everything works fine with ibook running MacOS, and I use printer
> without any problem.
>
> But my favourite linux has problem. After setting Netatalk, by
> following the various hints from Web etc.
> Running nbplkup gives
> [root@linux /root]# nbplkup
> linux:AFPServer 65280.200:128
> linux:netatalk 65280.200:4
> linux:Workstation 65280.200:4
>
> But do not shows any Printer entry.
>
> And getzone gives
> [root@linux /root]# getzones
> atp_rresp: Connection timed out
>
> Many people seems to get this getzone response on Single Zone
> network, but some are not (As I get to know by browsing mailing list).
> I will also don't bother about it, if my printer works.
>
> I am Guessing following problems (but don't know solutions).
>
> 1) Printer is on a zone differnet from that of default, and hence
> nbplkup do not shows it. As getzones fails, I can't even find out
> that if there exist a zone other than default (and what's its name).
> But if this is the problem, why things work with MacOS ? And how
> to confirm it and correct it, finaly, on linux?
>
> 2) Do I need to do something `special' to see the printer across
> Farallon Adapter ? (But as I remember I never did anything special
> to make it run under MacOS. It just worked!) If yes, What ?
>
> 3) Rare possibility, but I need to define the printer's Name/Zone
> somewhere. But where and how ?
>
> 4) Something else ......
>
> Please HELP. Your help will prevent me to reboot the machine in MacOS to
> just take the printouts.
Seems I had exactly the same problem.
Bringing the Ethernet interface of my linux box into promiscous mode solved my problem.
Typing
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 promisc
will do this.
Regards
Carsten
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