Problem solved, but not understood.
j...@crash.uoregon.edu
http://ns/get_connected/ip_request.html
At 10:50 AM 10/9/98 -0700, James Bailey wrote:
>The Adaptive Tech Lab, in the Knight Library, uses ACITS LPR Remote
>Printing on our Win 95 machines. This was installed a few months back and
>everything worked fine until yesterday, the 8th, when the machines quit
>printing. The error message said something about timing out.
>
>Friday morning, I talked with Mohammed at network services and we
>determined that the IP address set in the ACITS software was not the same
>as was reported by the HP 4m printer on the self-test page. Both IP
>addresses, however, are in the database for this printer "Merlin".
>
>The problem was solved by putting the printer-reported IP address in
>ACITS.
>
>So, my problem is solved, but I would like to know why the old address
>worked and then quit working. I just don't want this to happen again.
>
>The original IP address in the ACITS set-up is: 128.223.85.238
>
>The HP reported address and the one I switched to is: 128.223.85.154
>
>I would appreciate getting back anything that might help explain this.
>
>Thanks,
>
>James Bailey
>Adaptive Technology Access Advisor, University of Oregon
>541-346-1076
>jba...@darkwing.uoregon.edu
>
>