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AirPort Quick Assist

AirPort makes getting connected easy—without the wires. With AirPort, you can connect to the Internet, email, local servers, and shared printers without the hassle of being tethered to a short leash. If you've got an AirPort card and access to a wireless network, regardless if it's an AirPort network or something else, we show you how to connect your Mac to a wireless network and get online, as well as how to troubleshoot issues if you come across any.

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cups-browsed.conf(5)													      cups-browsed.conf(5)

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cups-browsed.conf - server configuration file for cups-browsed DESCRIPTION
The cups-browsed.conf file configures the cups-browsed daemon. It is normally located in the /etc/cups directory. Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character. DIRECTIVES
The BrowseAllow directive specifies a system or network to accept CUPS browse packets from. The default is to accept browse packets from all hosts when BrowseRemoteProtocols uses the CUPS protocol. BrowseAllow 192.168.7.20 BrowseAllow 192.168.7.0/24 BrowseAllow 192.168.7.0/255.255.255.0 The BrowsePoll directive polls a server for available printers once every 60 seconds. Multiple BrowsePoll directives can be specified to poll multiple servers. The default port to connect to is 631. BrowsePoll works independently of whether CUPS browsing is activated in BrowseRemoteProtocols. BrowsePoll 192.168.7.20 BrowsePoll 192.168.7.65:631 BrowsePoll host.example.com:631 The BrowseLocalProtocols directive specifies the protocols to use when advertising local shared printers on the network. The default is "none". Control of advertising of local shared printers using dnssd is done in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. BrowseLocalProtocols none BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS The BrowseRemoteProtocols directive specifies the protocols to use when finding remote shared printers on the network. Multiple protocols can be specified by separating them with spaces. The default is "dnssd cups". BrowseRemoteProtocols none BrowseRemoteProtocols CUPS dnssd BrowseRemoteProtocols CUPS BrowseRemoteProtocols dnssd The BrowseProtocols directive specifies the protocols to use when finding remote shared printers on the network and advertising local shared printers. "dnssd" is ignored for BrowseLocalProtocols. Multiple protocols can be specified by separating them with spaces. The default is "none" for BrowseLocalProtocols and "dnssd cups" for BrowseRemoteProtocols. BrowseProtocols none BrowseProtocols CUPS dnssd BrowseProtocols CUPS BrowseProtocols dnssd SEE ALSO
cups-browsed(8) /usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README AUTHOR
The authors of cups-browsed are listed in /usr/share/doc/cups-filters/AUTHORS. This manual page was written for the Debian Project, but it may be used by others. 29 June 2013 cups-browsed.conf(5)