Re: [Hampshire] Accessing a scanner via the LAN

Mike Burrows wrote:
>
>>>> There are even drivers to provide access to network saned scanners
>>>> through the
>>>> Windows TWAIN scanner layer.
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hello again. Downloaded and installed the sanetwain doze client but
>>> am having problems configuring it to "see" the scanner hosted on the
>>> linux box. the client is asking for a hostname in the form of
>>> "scanner.domain.org" but I'm having problems relating that to my
>>> home network, where all the doze clients and the samba server are in
>>> the default MSHOME workgroup.
>>>
>>> any thoughts please?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> Nameoflinuxserver.MSHOME
>>
>> James
>>
> Tried that already I'm afraid. The thing is, if I understand this
> right, the scanner is using the Linux box simply to connect to the LAN
> and is not hosted in the same way as samba is hosting a printer. In
> other words, is it true to say that the scanner is part of the MSHOME
> workgroup?
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>

If the Linux machine is using a static IP you could just enter that I
would imagine, or enter whatever you like and put an entry in the
LMHOSTS file on the Windows box for it.

James