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bruno — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:11:34 +0000

insomniac.

USB printer sharing for Thomson TG799vn

bruno — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:18:11 +0000

This has got to be one of the least documented features on these Thomson ADSL/GPON routers. In theory, it should be possible to share each and every USB printer by connecting it to one of the free ports on the device.

The Thomson configuration is bloody simple:

{Administrator}=>:printersharing LPD queue add name myQueue type Raw default yes
{Administrator}=>:printersharing LPD config state enabled

If everything’s OK, the following command should give the following output:

{Administrator}=>:printersharing LPD list
LPD printserver service:
      enable: 1

At this point, it should be possible to add a network printer on the client OS, pointing to the 192.168.1.253 IP address, LPD protocol and to the “myQueue” queue. Regarding the printer driver, YMMV. Generic PCL drivers often work quite well.

…and then they were three

bruno — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:21:27 +0000

Installing Cisco VPN client on OS X

bruno — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:39:06 +0000

…and I still failing to understand why it’s 2010 and Cisco VPN client connection profiles and certificates are stored anywhere but the current user homedir.

For future reference:

OS X:

/private/etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient/Certificates

/etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Certificates

Linux:

/etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient/Certificates

Windows:

C:\Program Files\Cisco VPN Client\Certificates

“Profiles” and “Certificates” folders can be copied/moved between different systems to replicate configuration when there are CA limitations or restrictive policies on certificate export/imports.

I switched

bruno — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:59:03 +0000

…and I’m having a ball…