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Updating the Hosts file
Once the IP address is defined, the /etc/hosts file needs to
have this IP address and host name added. For example:
132.147.69.4 Allison
Testing the connection
Use ping to test if the Ethernet Card is responding. For
example, send the following command:
PING Allison
or
PING 132.147.69.4
If the card responds, you are ready to print. If it doesn't
respond, print a status sheet and check the IP address, also
check the information contained in the /etc/host file.
Printing via lpr
Once the internet address has been assigned to the Ethernet
Card, all the host computers that will be sending print jobs to it
need to have its address added to their "telephone directories."
The method for achieving this differs from system to system,
and so the systems administrator should be consulted.
Each Ethernet Card to be used on a particular host is given a
different name, and each name is given the IP address set up
on its corresponding card. It does not matter what name is
given to the Ethernet Card. The name, which is easier to
remember than the IP address, is used thereafter to refer to the
Ethernet Card printer device.
Using UNIX 5-3
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