Network Neighbourhood and VisionFS
Anita G
couple of NT 4 servers. I am able to view the unix box through network
neighbourhood (on the NT machine), but I can only see (when it asks me
to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
my main NT DNS server. Why ?
Matt Schofield
Anita,
I don't understand what you mean by "but I can only see (when it asks me
to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
my main NT DNS server. Why ?"
What is 'choose the hosts'?
What machine can't see VisionFS? Any?
2NT and W95 out of 5. 5 what? Windows machines?
The problem may be that some machines do/don't have NetBEUI and some
do/don't have TCP/IP.
Matt Schofield
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Toby Darling
> couple of NT 4 servers. I am able to view the unix box through network
> neighbourhood (on the NT machine), but I can only see (when it asks me
> to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
> my main NT DNS server. Why ?
Do all the PCs have file and print sharing, and client for MS networks
installed? (in NetHood->properties->configuration)
Anita G
choose a host name (or the ip) of the machine which has the printer installed
on, It only shows me 2 host names (which does not include the name of the
computer that has the printer installed on). Meanwhile, I can print and see
that the printer is shared through my win98 machine.
Matt Schofield wrote:
> Anita G wrote:
> >
> > I have a sco unix openserver 5.0.4 box in a network related with a
> > couple of NT 4 servers. I am able to view the unix box through network
> > neighbourhood (on the NT machine), but I can only see (when it asks me
> > to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
> > my main NT DNS server. Why ?
>
> Anita,
>
> I don't understand what you mean by "but I can only see (when it asks me
> to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
> my main NT DNS server. Why ?"
>
Anita G
enabled. I can print through the network from another win95 machine.
Toby Darling wrote:
> > I have a sco unix openserver 5.0.4 box in a network related with a
> > couple of NT 4 servers. I am able to view the unix box through network
> > neighbourhood (on the NT machine), but I can only see (when it asks me
> > to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
> > my main NT DNS server. Why ?
>
Matt Schofield
use the remote print/LPD printer mechanism that the SCO remote print
manager provides. That mechanism uses standard TCP/IP printing to pass a
job from an LPD client on the SCO box to a Windows based LPD server on
the PC.
VisionFS uses an altogether different method, that of SMB printing. This
is the same mechanism that, as you have already tried, allows windows
PC's to print to each others printers. Certainly for the initial stages
of setting VisionFS up to print you can ignore the SCO printer manager.
The steps I recommend you take to get VisionFS printing to your windows
PC are as follows:
1. Run the following command:
cat /etc/hosts | xtod | ./visionfs print //pcname/printername - --user
made_up --password made_up
Leave the user and password set ot 'made_up'. Just change the pc and
printername. When this is working proceed to the next step.
2. Create a local printer on the UNIX box (scoadmin printer manager) and
modify/change the interface file to something like Stephane Hamels
interface file that can be found at:
http://x1.dejanews.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=393482356&CONTEXT=921495795.417071210&hitnum=0
This allows the job to be managed in the UNIX lp system before being
sent to the Windows PC using the 'visionfs print' command.
Anita G wrote:
>
> I have been trying to add a remote printer on sco, so when it askes me to
> choose a host name (or the ip) of the machine which has the printer installed
> on, It only shows me 2 host names (which does not include the name of the
> computer that has the printer installed on). Meanwhile, I can print and see
> that the printer is shared through my win98 machine.
>
Tha machines that the print manager lists are those with Windows LPD
servers running on them (e.g. NT boxes with the TCP/IP printing service
installed and enabled).
Hope this helps
jrich...@my-dejanews.com
But you can user visionfs print to print to it. See the visionfs
documentation.
In article <36A2B228...@sympatico.ca>,
ani...@sympatico.ca wrote:
> I have been trying to add a remote printer on sco, so when it askes me to
> choose a host name (or the ip) of the machine which has the printer installed
> on, It only shows me 2 host names (which does not include the name of the
> computer that has the printer installed on). Meanwhile, I can print and see
> that the printer is shared through my win98 machine.
>
> Matt Schofield wrote:
>
> > Anita G wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a sco unix openserver 5.0.4 box in a network related with a
> > > couple of NT 4 servers. I am able to view the unix box through network
> > > neighbourhood (on the NT machine), but I can only see (when it asks me
> > > to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
> > > my main NT DNS server. Why ?
> >
> > Anita,
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean by "but I can only see (when it asks me
> > to choose the hosts) 2 NT and win95 stations out of 5. I am able to see
> > my main NT DNS server. Why ?"
> >
> > What is 'choose the hosts'?
> > What machine can't see VisionFS? Any?
> > 2NT and W95 out of 5. 5 what? Windows machines?
> >
> > The problem may be that some machines do/don't have NetBEUI and some
> > do/don't have TCP/IP.
> >
> > Matt Schofield
> > --
> > Return email address junked.
>
>
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