Re: MRI print server
- From: Dave Pickles <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:59:57 +0100
Paul F. Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In a box of junk I recently bought in a car boot sale, I found quite a
> nice surprise - an MRI parallel port print server. I've plugged it into
> my laser printer and into my switch. All the lights are lit (well, power
> and TX).
>
> Only problem is that my router won't assign an IP address to it (I have
> a feeling it was a static IP previously) and so I can't actually get
> onto it.
>
> I've fired up win4lin, installed psadmin to see if that helps, but that
> won't detect the print server.
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to do an IP reset on these things
> without knowing the original IP address or if there is a default address
> I can try?
Try monitoring network traffic from the box as it powers up, using ethereal
or somesuch. With luck it may do an ARP on its own IP to detect any
conflict.
--
Dave
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