CUPS Companion v 1.2.11 - Clients not browsing

[Michael Sweet]

Robert wrote:
>> Robert wrote:
>>>> Robert wrote:
>>>>> I've installed the CUPS companion CD v1.2.11 (Printer and drivers and tools) on AIX 5.3 TL06
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>>>>> I'm using CUPS in an AIX VIO environment.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was able to configure a printer on the CUPS server and print to it. When I configured the client it doesn't browse the server and pick up the printer.
>>>>  > ...
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>>>> Are the client and server on the same subnet?
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>>>> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
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>>> Hi Michael,
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>>> Yup. Both on the same subnet. They are talking across a virtual lan. I can telnet to the CUPS server port from the client and I can look at the printers on the server from the client by using lpstat -h <server> -t. But lpinfo -v or lpstat -t dont show anything on the client.
>> If the virtual LAN doesn't support broadcast or isn't routing UDP
>> packets on port 631, then the client will never see them.
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>> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
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> Hi Michael,
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> I got confirmation from IBM that the VLAN has no problems supporting broadcast or routing UDP.
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> Is there any extra debugging I can use to test?

You can set the LogLevel to debug2 on both systems to see what the
server is sending and what the client is receiving.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com