Host name and the Subnet

[rpearson]

I work for an organization that requires the use of a Work Flow form system to order new Static IP addresses for , in my case , a new static IP for a lazer printer.

The two main questions it asks for are the Host Name and the Subnet , in order for them to assign the proper Static IP within the required IP range.


Is the Host Name they need found within the node itself , or would this be the name of the switch that the node will reside on?

What is the best way to find out what exactly the Subnet is?

Thanks in advance!

 

[jimbopalmer]

Any computer in the same subnet as the printer should tell you the Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. If you use MS Windows, type IPCONFIG at a Command Prompt to get that. put those two items on the form.

Assuming someone has already chosen a host name for this printer, it would be on the printer's configuration page. I suspect no one has, and that you get to choose the name.

(I always chose trees as names, 'feed a printer, kill a tree'. If I liked you, you got oak or pine, if not, you got eucalyptus or baobab)

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.