Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address
Date	2020-04-16 22:50 +0200
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On 16/04/2020 14.03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 16/04/2020 11:53, Carlos E.R. wrote:

...

>>>> Just the router giving an IP to machines via DHCP, and finding their 
>>>> names (probably their windows names). I see my router finding 
>>>> "android" hosts. It can use rules to assign names on the DNS server 
>>>> that runs on the router.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bonjour is the printer giving its IP address to the client with no 
>>> involvement of the router at all.
>>
>> Mine, an HP, doesn't.
> Miner, and HP , does IF YOU ENABLE IT

Please, don't SHOUT. My printer configuration says:

Bonjour Domain name: 	bilbo.local.
...
Bonjour: 	Enabled


And it doesn't work.

The name is not configurable. It takes the name from the IPv4 host name, 
but the domain part it does on its own and does not match the IPv4 
domain name.


>>>> It is easy to assign an IP to a printer on the DHCP server at the 
>>>> router. It should be trivial to also assign a name in the same 
>>>> config page.
>>>>
>>> No
>>> It is even easier to enable bonjour on the printer at which point the 
>>> printer should just appear in CUPS., At least that how it works here 
>>> now that I have enabled it.
>>
>> And it doesn't here.
>>
>>>
>>>  > It should be trivial to also assign a name in the same config page.
>>> No. Routers do not assign names
>>
>> They should. They do DNS.
>>
> No, they proxy dns. Somewhat different

But they could, easily.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Bob Tennent <BobT@tennent.ca> - 2020-04-14 11:18 +0000
    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 13:04 +0100
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  Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-04-14 08:36 -0400
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      Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-04-14 13:30 -0400
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    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 14:35 +0100
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