Re: Drowning in information

[Keith Mastin <kmastin beechtree ca>]

>The setup:
>   Two machines connecting to the internet via a Linksys ethernet router --
>  One machine is running W-2000 pro, the other RH7.2.  The 2000 machine has a 
>Lexmark printer/scanner/fax hooked up to it & my desire is to be able to 
>access this device from the Linux box.
>
>So far all of the printed material I've seen (there has been a tremendous 
>amount) is directing me to set the Linux box up as server and let the 2000 
>box go through the server to get to the printer.  Due to space considerations 
>and physical limitations I need to maintain the current configuration.
>
>The Question:
>  How can I set these machines up (on a peer-to-peer network?) so that the 
>Linux box is able to use the printer?  Directions to a resourse are fine if 
>the process is cumbersome.

First off, check the linuxprinting.org database to see how much of the 
functions of the Lexmark are supported in linux. Then simply share the 
printer out, and use printtool to connect to it. You need to set up samba 
on the linux machine, and I would also suggest making the linux box the 
wins server for the network.

BTW, if you can use the linux box as the gateway/router for the w2k box, 
you might notice a performance boost in the windoh$ machine.