
Chapter 11. Configuration
and allowing you to make changes. Note that many modern network printers can be configured automatically. To do so, enter their hostname, IP
address and Ethernet address in the Hostnames and addresses panel.
Note also that the server printing system does not perform any filtering and passes the print requests directly from the client computers to the printer
in the "raw" or "pass-through" machines. For this reason, the SME Server V5 with ServiceLink does not have a list of "supported printers". Most
printers are supported as long as the appropriate driver is installed in the operating system on your client computers.
However, there are some newer printers that only have a Windows driver available and rely heavily on that operating system to perform their print
functions. These printers cannot be used on the server. If you are concerned about whether your printer will work with your server, you can visit Red
Hat’s Hardware Compatibility List (http://hardware.redhat.com/redhatready/html/us/static-hcl/intel-input-output.html) or explore the information
found at LinuxPrinting.org (http://www.linuxprinting.org/).
As a final item, you should be aware that in order to use the printers available through your server a user must be logged in to their client system with
a user name and password that is valid on the server. For instance, if a user is logged in as tturtle on their Windows desktop and that user account
does not exist on the server, the user will not be able to print to the printers managed by the server. Either the user will have to logout and log back in
as a valid user or the tturtle account will need to be created on the server.
11.5. Hostnames and addresses
When you installed your SME Server V5 with ServiceLink, you were asked to provide a name for your system. That name and several other
"standard" names are automatically configured in your system’s host table during the installation process. This host table is consulted as part of the
name resolution process. The "Hostnames and address" web panel allows you to modify this table and specify different host "names" for each domain
on your system, as well as to control how those names resolve both for systems on your local network and also for systems on the larger Internet.
For instance, when someone tries to connect to "www.mycompany.xxx", they will be taken to wherever "www" has been set to point to. As seen in
the image below, this screen in the server manager allows you to view these default settings, and also to modify the configuration.
Using the Hostnames Panel with ServiceLink
Throughout the screens linked to from the Hostnames panel, you will find the text "Publish globally?" with a checkbox next to it. If you are a
subscriber to ServiceLink, you have the option of publishing these records through the ServiceLink DNS Configuration and Hosting service. If
you select this option, the hostname and IP address information that you enter will be uploaded to the Mitel Networks NOC and published
through the global DNS system.
Suppose, for example, your company’s web site was hosted at some other location, such as on your ISP’s web servers. If you wanted
"www.mycompany.xxx" to point to your ISP’s server, you would modify the entry here by clicking the "Modify..." link next to "www". The image
below shows the screen in which you would perform the task:
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