Yes that was it. Thank you all for your help. The setup works now.

Ian

> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, ianm wrote:
>
> > lpd: Host name for your address ('my_ip') unknown
>
> The src/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd.c code shows that this is a failed getnameinfo(3)
> lookup.
>
> So make sure your /etc/hosts (or DNS) is properly setup for that IP.
>
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>
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