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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Software for LinkSys Compact Auto Switch
Date: 21 May 1996 23:54:51 +0100
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: Frank Ficnar <ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote:

: > 	I have a LinkSys Compact Auto Switch to use two printers
: > from my PC.  The package came with Win/DOS software but nothing for
: > UNIX.  There is a manual control on the switch to select one of the two
: > printers but I would prefer a software solution.  Does anybody know of
: > any UNIX software for this device?  Does anybody know how these things
: > work so that I might be able to program my own software in case nothing
: > is available?  

: Use lpd and Ethernet.  Support for both is shipping with FreeBSD. :-)

: Sorry, i don't have a real answer for your question, but never-
: theless, the above should be workable.  If your DOS box is actually
: Winbloze 3.11 or higher, you might also want to use Samba, which can
: make your BSD print spooler appear as a regular Winbloze network
: printer.

: If your DOS box is really DOS only, things will be harder since you
: need some sort of lpd support.  Everything i've seen so far basically
: sucked (more or less).

Oh I don't know.... the CUTCP (Clarkson University TCP) stuff is pretty
good under DOS.  That coupled with the XFS stuff and you've got telnet,
rlogin, lpr, NFS... is there anything else ?  Oh yes, the SOSS will export
NFS from DOS - but not to FreeBSD for some reason.....

: -- 
: cheers, J"org

: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
: Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)


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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....