OT: brother hl-5250dn here.

	Ihave my new printer here, hooked into my hub/switch.  What
next?
	How to configure it to get a DHCP lease.  I just rebooted
my
	pfSense firewall and do not see any new leases!

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Gary Kline wrote:
> 	Ihave my new printer here, hooked into my hub/switch. 
What next?
> 	How to configure it to get a DHCP lease.  I just
rebooted my
> 	pfSense firewall and do not see any new leases!
>
>   
For starters I think this question is for Brother technical
support not 
for FreeBSD mailing list
but since we are all family let me try to help you.

Printer needs to be attached to DHCP server in order to get
an address. 
Obviously your switch is not DHCP server.
You need honest NAT router (which contains DHCP server ) or
attach it to 
FreeBSD machine to which you installed
DHCP server. Printer should be located in the LAN zone so
firewall 
should not be existing among those machines
otherwise you need to enable port 631 for IPP and port 515
for LPR 
printing protocol.

How the printer gets initiated should be described in the
manual you got 
it with the printer.

How the printer gets configured to be printer server is out
of the scope 
of these message but if you tell me which
spooling system you use I could help you.

Sorry, I could not be of more help.

Best,
Predrag
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:54:43AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> 	Ihave my new printer here, hooked into my hub/switch. 
What next?
> 	How to configure it to get a DHCP lease.  I just
rebooted my
> 	pfSense firewall and do not see any new leases!

Out of the box my HL-5250DN got a lease from dhcpd on my
FreeBSD 6.2
system.

The 5250 network manual says if it can't find a DHCP server
then it will
pick an address in the range of 169.254.1.0 to
169.254.254.255. If for
some reason APIPA is disabled it will select 192.0.0.192.

Modern hub/switches are wonderful for their purchase price
and value
received, but often have problems of their own. Often helps
to power
cycle a switch when moving connectors around

If pfSense is configured to issue IP addresses via DHCP and
isn't
issuing one to the printer, then suspect something else
issued an IP
address. If there is any possible path between your printer
and cable or
DSL modem then suspect the modem issued (or refused to
issue) and IP
address.

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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:28:20PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac
wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> >	Ihave my new printer here, hooked into my
hub/switch.  What next?
> >	How to configure it to get a DHCP lease.  I just
rebooted my
> >	pfSense firewall and do not see any new leases!
> >
> >  
> For starters I think this question is for Brother
technical support not 
> for FreeBSD mailing list
> but since we are all family let me try to help you.


	I have the same feeling toward the FBSD lists annd users in

	general.  (That's also why I dared risk this OT query
here.)
	As for Brother tech support, the first thing out of their
mouth
	would be, "Free what?  Are you smoking
something?"  (******)

> 
> Printer needs to be attached to DHCP server in order to
get an address. 
> Obviously your switch is not DHCP server.
> You need honest NAT router (which contains DHCP server
) or attach it to 
> FreeBSD machine to which you installed
> DHCP server. Printer should be located in the LAN zone
so firewall 
> should not be existing among those machines
> otherwise you need to enable port 631 for IPP and port
515 for LPR 
> printing protocol.


	Yes, you're absolutey right.  One issue is that before my
network 
	re-org, I ran DHCP on my main server [it also served web,
mail, DNS].
	Now my firewall box (running pfSense) handles DHCP.

	My daughter pluged in the cat5 into the switch, but it
wasn't in 
	securely.  When I finally got down there and checked, I
made 
	*certain*; the IP showed up before I could get back in my
chair
	and I', now looking at the main.html page.   Nutshell:
	operator-error.

> 
> How the printer gets initiated should be described in
the manual you got 
> it with the printer.
> 
> How the printer gets configured to be printer server is
out of the scope 
> of these message but if you tell me which
> spooling system you use I could help you.
> 

	I've been using simple lpr since the Dark Ages; should soon
see 
	if I run into more problems here.   I'll take this off-list
if I
	fumble again. Meanwhile, thanks for yourhelp.

	gary


> Sorry, I could not be of more help.
> 
> Best,
> Predrag

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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 03:44:41PM -0500, David Kelly
wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:54:43AM -0700, Gary Kline
wrote:
> > 
> > 	Ihave my new printer here, hooked into my
hub/switch.  What next?
> > 	How to configure it to get a DHCP lease.  I just
rebooted my
> > 	pfSense firewall and do not see any new leases!
> 
> Out of the box my HL-5250DN got a lease from dhcpd on
my FreeBSD 6.2
> system.
> 
> The 5250 network manual says if it can't find a DHCP
server then it will
> pick an address in the range of 169.254.1.0 to
169.254.254.255. If for
> some reason APIPA is disabled it will select
192.0.0.192.
> 
> Modern hub/switches are wonderful for their purchase
price and value
> received, but often have problems of their own. Often
helps to power
> cycle a switch when moving connectors around
> 
> If pfSense is configured to issue IP addresses via DHCP
and isn't
> issuing one to the printer, then suspect something else
issued an IP
> address. If there is any possible path between your
printer and cable or
> DSL modem then suspect the modem issued (or refused to
issue) and IP
> address.

	Yes, indeed.  AS I mentioned to Predrag awhile ago, the
cat5
	connector (zat the "RJ-45"??) wasn't in the jack
all the way. 
	I finally pushed it in and heard that great *click*.   And
so 
	now all's right with the world [give/take]:   god is in his

	counting house, the king is in his heaven, and so on....

	gary

> 
> -- 
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkellyHiWAAY.net
>
============================================================
============
> Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive
mad.

-- 
  Gary Kline  klinethought.org   www.thought.org  Public
Service Unix
        http://jottings.thought.o
rg   http://transfinite.tho
ught.org

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