Updating the Hosts file

Once the IP address is defined, the /etc/hosts file 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 it doesn’t respond, print a status sheet and check the IP address, also check the information contained in the /etc/host file.

Printing via lpr

Once the internet address has been assigned to the Ethernet Card, all the host computers that will be sending print jobs to it 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.

Each Ethernet Card to be used on a particular host is given a different name, and each name is given the IP address set up on its corresponding card. It does not matter what name is given to the Ethernet Card. The name, which is easier to remember than the IP address, is used thereafter to refer to the Ethernet Card printer device.

Using UNIX 5-3