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User’s Manual
Basic Installation
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AXIS IP Installer
Suitable for all sup-
ported networking en-
vironments.
Supplied on the AXIS Network Product CD and available via the Axis web
site, this is an Axis tool that simplifies the setting of IP addresses for all
Axis ThinServer
TM
devices, including print servers, camera servers, storage
servers and document servers.
Note: you should not use AXIS IP Installer to set the IP address of the Docu-
ment Server, if you have an active DHCP server on your network.
DHCP
Available in Windows
NT and UNIX. Recom-
mended method on
Windows NT networks
Operates on the entire network and allows for automatic but temporary
assignment of IP addresses from a central pool. DHCP will, when enabled,
cause the selected host to automatically allocate and download a free IP
address, default router address and subnet mask to the requesting Docu-
ment Server. It also provides validation data that defines how long the IP
addresses will remain valid.
This is the recommended method on networks, since it allows a number of
parameters to be set automatically, provided the DHCP server has been
configured to do so.
ARP
Available in Windows 95/98, Windows NT, UNIX and OS/2,
Does NOT work over routers.
Requires the IP address for each new device to be downloaded individually.
RARP
Available in UNIX
only.
Downloads the IP address to each device automatically. It requires a RARP
daemon on your system and operates within a single network segment
only.
BOOTP
Available in UNIX
only.
Similar to RARP, but operates on the entire network. It requires a BOOTP
daemon on your system.