[Gllug] Intel netport express hacking potential

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 18:36 +0100, Geo. wrote:
> On Saturday 01 April 2006 14:37, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > I bought one of these things - an old one from about 1996 - for 99p on
> > ebay. Who can resist a computer for less than a quid?
> >
> > I don't really have much need for a print server - I bought it out of
> > curiosity. The manuals say it is possible to flash the firmware but
> > googling suggests nobody has tried anything fun.
> >
> > Anybody know otherwise? Or can they give me a really convincing reason
> > why using a print server and lpr is better than cups on my main
> > on-all-the-time server on my home network?
> Hi,
>  Funny that i just bought one as well for the kids to use on the home network 
> and I have cups running with it from the linux boxes (including the "Novell" 
> linux Server, the winz kids boxes talk nicely and even the wife's Mac 
> behaves) so it is a nice cheap solution.


How did you get cups to run with it? Maybe you have a more recent model,
mine is ancient.

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