User`s guide

FastPort User’s Guide D-3

4. For NIS, with the changes made to the /etc/hosts or

/etc/ethers ﬁle, update the ﬁles by typing:

cd /var/yp; make

Note:

RARP or ARP do not go through routers. To assign an IP address for either, use the

serial terminal or put FastPort into the

same

segment. Use ARP followed by telnet to

assign the IP address.

5. For Sun OS using domain name servers (not YP or NIS), use

fpfilter.resolver instead of fpfilter. For example:

cp fpfilter.resolver fpfilter

6. If an IP address is duplicated on the network, disconnect FastPort from

the network and ping it. If there continues to be a response, another

node has the same IP address as FastPort.

7. Check the arp entry for FastPort with the following command:

arp <

hostname of FastPort

8. Use fpstatus <

printername

> to verify that the printer is ready.

D.3 UNIX Conﬁguration Files

D.3.1 Using fpﬁlter Conﬁguration Files

The fpfilter software acts as an input ﬁlter speciﬁed in the /etc/

printcap ﬁle in BSD systems. Since BSD does not allow command line

options as part of an :if entry, there are two possible methods for

specifying the options needed:

• Create a.fpconfig ﬁle that lists the options (The installation script

will do this when installing a printer.)

• Create a shell script and specify it as the input ﬁlter. The shell script

then calls the fpfilter program with the appropriate options.

For example, modify the :if entry in the printcap ﬁle to read:

Note:

The fpfilter .fpconfig ﬁle will only work if using fpfilter. It will not work in

typical LPR/LPD installation (see Chapter 4 for a description of the difference between

host software and LPR/LPD installations).

:if=/usr/local/digi/hpfilter:

Where hpfilter is the name of the shell script. Refer to the command line

shell scripts and .fpconfig ﬁles in the /examples subdirectory on the

diskette.