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_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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