2 Nov
2001
2 Nov
'01
1:11 a.m.
Douglas Quebbeman said:
Ok, likely this won't work for Calcomp, but HP stuff uses a default
IP address of 192.0.0.192 for their network interfaces. Try setting
up a separate computer and give it an address on the 192.0.0.0 network.
Then try pinging it...
If that doesn't work, this next idea will take some time and preparation.
Get a Windows 2000 or Windows XP machine. They allow you to change the
machine's network address on the fly (can Linux do this?) using the NetShell
(NETSH.EXE) facility. The syntax is:
any unix-y thing can do this using 'ifconfig'.
ifconfig <ifname> <ip> <netmask> <gw>
Write a BASIC program that writes out a batch file.
Have it iterate
through the possible range of network addresses, sending a broadcast
ping for each network. Have the output from ping redirected to a file
using the append mode ('>>'). Search through the file until you find
the network address to which the printer responded. Then make a small
change to the BASIC program to iterate through all the node addresses
on that network until you find the IP address of the printer. Set up
the Windows box to be on that network, TELNET to the printer, change
the IP address back to 111.1.0.1 and you should be all set.
then you could do this using a shell script ;-)
hth,
-doug quebbeman
- Dan Wright
(dtwright(a)uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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