danb35
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This has nothing whatsoever to do with FreeNAS, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to even ask the question otherwise. Here goes...
I have an Okidata C331dn networked laser printer. It's on my home network where I print to it from a few Macbooks. My router is a pfSense box running 2.4.2. The Macs are running OS X Sierra--I haven't seen any reason to upgrade to High Sierra yet.
I've installed the printer drivers on each machine, and each machine will print just fine. However, it appears that the printer name on the network changes frequently (I haven't been able to work out how often). The "base" printer name (i.e., what it called itself when I first installed it) is "OKI-C331-665066". But the name keeps changing, adding what seems to be an incrementing number after those six digits. Currently, it's 665066998.
Since the printer is set up in the OS using its name, and the name has changed, the machine can't print. I need to delete the printer in the Mac's system preferences and re-add it (using the new name), whereupon it's fine until the name changes again (which is probably the next time I need to print).
I've assigned the printer a static IP address (DHCP reservation) and hostname (simply oki-c331) in pfSense, but that doesn't seem to have helped. I'm kind of lost on where to even begin to troubleshoot this.
I have an Okidata C331dn networked laser printer. It's on my home network where I print to it from a few Macbooks. My router is a pfSense box running 2.4.2. The Macs are running OS X Sierra--I haven't seen any reason to upgrade to High Sierra yet.
I've installed the printer drivers on each machine, and each machine will print just fine. However, it appears that the printer name on the network changes frequently (I haven't been able to work out how often). The "base" printer name (i.e., what it called itself when I first installed it) is "OKI-C331-665066". But the name keeps changing, adding what seems to be an incrementing number after those six digits. Currently, it's 665066998.
Since the printer is set up in the OS using its name, and the name has changed, the machine can't print. I need to delete the printer in the Mac's system preferences and re-add it (using the new name), whereupon it's fine until the name changes again (which is probably the next time I need to print).
I've assigned the printer a static IP address (DHCP reservation) and hostname (simply oki-c331) in pfSense, but that doesn't seem to have helped. I'm kind of lost on where to even begin to troubleshoot this.
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