I have most ports closed on my router except the obvious (POP, SMTP, FTP, Interbase, SQL Server, MySQL and VNC). Could I have a port closed that CUPS needs? I have identical problems with Linux (RHE) and Mac Tiger. Todd Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote: > >> Byron - >> I got my wife a Mac (she has only been asking for one for >> three years): iBook G4. Well her printer is hooked up to >> a PC and she likes to roam around the house with the >> > wireless > >> connection. Can your suggestion be implemented in this >> environment? >> > > Yes. Line Printer Daemon (LPD) is a well-established, legacy > standard. It uses port 515 and is governed by IETF RFC1179: > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1179.txt > > The new IETF standard is the Internet Printing Protocol > (IPP). It uses port 631 (both clear and SSL) and is governed > by IETF RFC2910: > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2910.txt > > Another port to be aware of is port 9100, commonly referred > to by it's vendor-centric names like a "HP JetDirect" port. > The technical name is the [HP] Page Description Language > datastream (PDL-datastream) port. Microsoft calls it a > "TCP/IP port", and you set it up as a local port, which maps > back to the IP address/port. > > BSD/SysV UNIX LPD, LPR and LPRng offer LPD services. > > CUPS offers IPP by default, and it can also offer LPD > services. > CUPS, as a client, can also use other methods including LPD, > IPP, SMB, PDL-datastream, etc... > CUPS also offers a replacement spooler for NT/2000/XP that > radically simplifies/centralizes administration for Windows > clients. > > Windows Servers can offer SMB and LPD, and newer versions can > offer IPP services. Windows NT/2000 clients can use SMB, LPD > and PDL-datastream, with XP adding IPP. For IPP, LPD and > PDL-datastream, you set it up as a "local port." > > Macs can also use LPD and PDL-datastream, with newer MacOS X > releases supporting IPP. > > > -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051228/a8434e74/attachment-0005.html>