diff -ruN e-smith-hosts-2.2.0.a/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries
--- e-smith-hosts-2.2.0.a/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries	2010-09-26 12:02:31.000000000 -0600
+++ e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries	2008-10-07 11:35:50.000000000 -0600
@@ -267,4 +267,8 @@
         <trans>Error: This IP address is not on any of our local
             networks.</trans>
     </entry>
+    <entry>
+        <base>MUST_BE_VALID_HOSTNAME_OR_IP</base>
+        <trans>Must be a valid hostname or IP number</trans>
+    </entry>
 </lexicon>
diff -up e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries.host_ip_validator e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries
--- e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries.host_ip_validator	2010-09-26 12:06:12.000000000 -0600
+++ e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/hostentries	2010-09-26 12:06:35.000000000 -0600
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     </page>
     <page name="Remote" pre-event="turn_off_buttons()" post-event="goto_confirm()">
         <description>REMOTE_PAGE_DESCRIPTION</description>
-        <field type="text" id="global_ip">
+        <field type="text" id="global_ip" validation="hostname_or_ip">
             <label>IP_ADDRESS</label>
         </field>
         <subroutine src="print_button('NEXT')" />
diff -up e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/hostentries.pm.host_ip_validator e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/hostentries.pm
--- e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/hostentries.pm.host_ip_validator	2008-10-07 11:35:50.000000000 -0600
+++ e-smith-hosts-2.2.0/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/hostentries.pm	2010-09-26 12:01:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
     print_save_or_add_button
     not_taken
     must_be_local
+    hostname_or_ip
 );
 
 our $VERSION = sprintf '%d.%03d', q$Revision: 1.54 $ =~ /: (\d+).(\d+)/;
@@ -103,6 +104,48 @@ sub new 
     return $self;
 }
 
+=head2 hostname_or_ip
+
+Validation routine for the remote address field for network printers.
+
+=for testing
+my $fm = esmith::FormMagick::Panel::hostentries->new();
+can_ok('main', 'hostname_or_ip');
+can_ok('CGI::FormMagick::Validator', 'ip_number');
+isnt(CGI::FormMagick::Validator::ip_number($fm, '1.2.3'), "OK", "ip_number works OK");
+like(CGI::FormMagick::Validator::ip_number($fm, '1.2.3'), qr(enough octets), "ip_number works OK");
+foreach ("1.2.3.4", "255.255.255.255", "foo.com", "foo.bar.com", "123.foo.xxx"){
+    is(hostname_or_ip($fm, $_), "OK", "$_ should be OK");
+}
+foreach ("1.2.3", "foo bar", "foo;bar;com", " ", undef) {
+    isnt(hostname_or_ip($fm, $_), "OK", "$_ should not be OK");
+}
+
+=cut
+
+sub hostname_or_ip
+{
+    my ($fm, $data) = @_;
+    if ($data =~ /^[\d\.]+$/) {
+        if (CGI::FormMagick::Validator::ip_number($fm, $data) eq "OK")
+        {
+            return "OK";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return "MUST_BE_VALID_HOSTNAME_OR_IP";
+        }
+    }
+    elsif ($data =~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)$/ )
+    {
+        return "OK";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return "MUST_BE_VALID_HOSTNAME_OR_IP";
+    }
+}
+
 =head1 HTML GENERATION ROUTINES
 
 Routines for generating chunks of HTML needed by the panel.