networking desktop to laptop

James Wilkinson ubuntu at westexe.demon.co.uk
Mon May 16 12:01:55 UTC 2005


Scott Henson wrote:
> Yes, CUPS is installed, but its told not to listen on external
> interfaces.  There should be a listen directive that is set to 127.0.0.1
> in /etc/cups or some such.  Change it to 0.0.0.0 to listen on all
> interfaces.

And make sure there's a firewall between you and the Internet. (IF
you're using local IP addresses: for example, ones beginning 192.168.
AND IF you don't have port forwarding turned on, then your router is
acting as a basic firewall for you).

James.

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