auto-discover of network printers relies on ip6?

[willie]

I hadn't even thought of looking at the printer config, but no:

TCP/IP        Enabled
  IPv6        Disabled
SMTP          Disabled
NETBIOS/IP    Enabled
IPP           Enabled
FTP           Enabled
mDNS          Disabled
APIPA         Disabled
SNMP          Enabled
Web Server    Enabled
TELNET        Enabled




> Is the Brother printer configured to only support IPv6?
>
> On Mar 24, 2012, at 2:11 PM, willie <tumbleweed at fast-mail.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I wouldn't know if this is a bug or not but I'd sure like to understand what's happening.
> >
> > I'm running linux 3.2.12/cups 1.5.2.
> >
> > Since disabling the ip6 stack with kernel argument "ipv6.disable=1", cups fails to discover network printers on the cups server web page (localhost:631). If I remove that kernel line parameter and reinstate ip6, all is well again.
> >
> > I've failed to find any info out there to suggest that cups *depends* on ipv6.
> >
> > I use static IP addressing and the problem occurs with both wired and wireless networking.
> >
> > (If it's relevant, one printer that's no longer discovered without an ipv6 stack is a Brother HL-5250dn.)
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > _______________________________________________
> > cups mailing list
> > cups at easysw.com
> > http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups
>
> __________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
>