Updating Hosts file

Once the IP address is defined, the file /etc/hosts needs to have this IP address and host name added. For example:

132.147.69.4 Allison

Testing the connection

Use ping to test if the Ethernet Card is responding. For example, send the following command:

PING Allison

or

PING 132.147.69.4

If the card responds, you are ready to print. If not, check the IP address on the status page and details in /etc/hosts file.

Note:

If your host does not support any devices where the first three numbers of the internet address are different from the network you are working with, then you may temporarily change the Net Sub Mask in your-file ‘hosts.‘ The file is located on the file server as well as on the workstation you are sending the print job from. After you have set up the network interface, change the Net Sub Mask back to its previous setting. A Net Sub Mask of 000.000.000.000 will allow any inter-net address on the system.

Printing via lpr

Once the internet address has been assigned to the Ethernet Card, all the host computers that will be using it to print through need to have its address added to their “telephone directories.” The method for achieving this differs from system to system, and so the systems administrator should be consulted.

Installing in UNIX 5-3