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ghborrmann

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Registered: 2012-05-01

Posts: 9

Can't Get snmp to work

I've installed a printer using CUPS, and indicated during the installation I wanted to share this printer.  On a separate Linux box, I attempted to add this printer via CUPS, but found that it was not listed as a network printer.  From the CUPS documentation, I found that CUPS requires snmp to be working in order to discover printers over the network.  I found the snmpd ArchWiki page and attempted to follow its instructions:
        pacman -S net-snmp
        systemctl enable snmpd
        mkdir /etc/snmp
        echo rocommunity read_only_public >> /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
        systemctl start snmpd
Again, the other Linux box failed to detect the printer.  Following the Testing instructions in the ArchWiki, I executed
       snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost | less
which returned:  "Timeout: No Response from localhost"

Searching for this problem in the Arch Linux Forums, I found two previous posts indicating a solution by adding an entry to the /etc/hosts.allow file, but then found a notice that Arch Linux is deprecating that file.

awkwood

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From: .au <=> .ca

Registered: 2009-04-23

Posts: 91

Re: Can't Get snmp to work

Did you check the CUPS printer sharing settings after the installation?

The CUPS Printer Sharing wiki page shows how to access the CUPS web interface and how to edit the cupsd.conf file to give access to certain IP addresses.

Xi0N

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From: Bilbao - Spain

Registered: 2007-11-29

Posts: 832

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Re: Can't Get snmp to work

I've installed a printer using CUPS, and indicated during the installation I wanted to share this printer.  On a separate Linux box, I attempted to add this printer via CUPS, but found that it was not listed as a network printer.  From the CUPS documentation, I found that CUPS requires snmp to be working in order to discover printers over the network.  I found the snmpd ArchWiki page and attempted to follow its instructions:
        pacman -S net-snmp
        systemctl enable snmpd
        mkdir /etc/snmp
        echo rocommunity read_only_public >> /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
        systemctl start snmpd
Again, the other Linux box failed to detect the printer.  Following the Testing instructions in the ArchWiki, I executed
       snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost | less
which returned:  "Timeout: No Response from localhost"

Searching for this problem in the Arch Linux Forums, I found two previous posts indicating a solution by adding an entry to the /etc/hosts.allow file, but then found a notice that Arch Linux is deprecating that file.

I'm facing the same problem but no one seems to know the cause or the solution

Did you fix it?