Edimax PS-3207 Series User Manual Download Page 66

Page: 66 / 158

For e xa mple, a print serve r w ith the following

configurat ion :

Node ID: 0000B4010101 (th is impl ies Ethernet

addre ss is 0000B 4010101),

IP add re ss: 203.66.191.12

The entr y for this print ser ver in the /et c/bootptab file

should be:

PS010101:\

:ht=1:\

:ha=0000B4010101:\

:ip=203.66.191.12:

Summary of Contents for PS-3207 Series

Page 1: ...3 Ports Print Server Series User s Manual Version 1 0 December 2005...

Page 2: ...ublication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optica...

Page 3: ...or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differen...

Page 4: ...The R TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98 13 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment As of April 8 2000 Safety This equipment is designed wi...

Page 5: ...censed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any...

Page 6: ...Architecture 16 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup 18 3 3 Administrator Utilities 26 3 4 Client Installation and Setup 27 3 5 Client Utilities 32 3 5 1 Network Ports Quick Setup 32 3 5 2 Remote...

Page 7: ...P IP Configuration 72 7 7 Netware Print Server Configuration 74 7 8 AppleTalk Configuration 76 7 9 Rendezvous Configuration 77 7 10 SNMP Configuration 78 7 11 SMB Configuration 79 7 12 System Configur...

Page 8: ...s 124 8 5 1 Load Default 124 8 5 2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser 125 8 5 3 Backup Setting 126 9 TELNET MANAGEMENT 127 9 1 Introduction 128 9 2 Login 129 9 3 Get Setting Values get Command 130 9 4 Modi...

Page 9: ...1 1 Introduction...

Page 10: ...erver supports IPX SPX NetBEUI TCP IP and AppleTalk protocols It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 NetWare...

Page 11: ...duct Package This package contains the following components One Print Server One Antenna One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One CD ROM Including all the software utilities drivers and User...

Page 12: ...ly the chapters you need according to your network operating system by Contents of the User s Manual in next section This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network pri...

Page 13: ...Server Because print server supports IPX SPX NetBEUI TCP IP and AppleTalk network protocols any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol 1 3 2 Netwo...

Page 14: ...for Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 users PTPP Peer to Peer Printing supports TCP IP protocol In the client installation procedure after PTPP Peer to Peer Printing Driver is installed into Windows...

Page 15: ...rver MIS 1 UNIX Linux UNIX include HP UX SCO Unix SunOS Solaris Unixware DECUnix IBM AIX and others and Linux use the system standard LPR to print through print server MAC OS MAC OS can use the system...

Page 16: ...t server system provides PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver and utilities for Windows NT 2000 2003 After PTPP is installed the server can directly print through print server Adding this printing functi...

Page 17: ...r will use TCP IP protocol to print through print server Windows NT 2000 2003 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT 2000 2003 Adding th...

Page 18: ...10 NetWare Network see below...

Page 19: ...ctions to read depending on your network printing s requirement Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server s management and configuration utilities on Windows and Web Browser s environment respect...

Page 20: ...12 Chapter 11 In Windows XP SP2 you may not find any print server listed on the Available Ports in Network Ports Quick Setup Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve the problem...

Page 21: ...e Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution The feature set is listed below PTPP Peer to Peer Printing TCP IP LPR IPP Printing NetWare Bindery Printing AppleTalk...

Page 22: ...ver 4 Connect the power adapter to the print server The print server will perform the Power On Self Test POST after it is powered on During the POST the three Printer Port LEDs will be on When the LED...

Page 23: ...15 3 Windows Peer to Peer Network...

Page 24: ...nstallation procedure users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing Installation procedure is separated into following two parts 1 Administrator Installation and Setup refer to secti...

Page 25: ...s PTPP driver Peer to Peer Printing for network printing In addition after PTPP is installed the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network and add the printing port of the...

Page 26: ...k protocol is installed on your PC TCP IP IPX and or NetBEUI It will be helpful in your installation process 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD ROM drive The Autorun exe...

Page 27: ...Utilities Setup window will be displayed Click Next 4 Click Next to install the utilities in the default folder or click Browse to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the u...

Page 28: ...Select the components you want to install It is highly recommended to install all provided components Click Next to continue 6 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click...

Page 29: ...21 7 The system will start to install the utilities automatically...

Page 30: ...ers within the network Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click Next NOTE 1 If this is the first time you configure the Print Server the Print Server Name is the last 6 digit of M...

Page 31: ...23 9 Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click Next 10 Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click Next to keep default IP Address i e 192 168 2 2...

Page 32: ...layed in the window Now you have completed the Print Server Setup Click Finish and your system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC automatically 12 The Administrator Installation proc...

Page 33: ...ers to the administrator s PC Configure the print server including the print server name and network protocol Add the network port of the print server to the administrator s PC If you want to print fr...

Page 34: ...f print servers within the network to your PC Print Server Configuration Allows you to configure the print server s IP Address network protocols and other advanced functions Please refer to Chapter 7...

Page 35: ...hat your PC has connected to the network and installed at least one network protocol 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD ROM drive The Autorun exe program should be execut...

Page 36: ...Utilities Setup window will be displayed Click Next 4 Click Next to install the utilities in the default folder or click Browse to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the u...

Page 37: ...29 5 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next 6 The system will start to install the utilities automatically...

Page 38: ...s completed you are ready to set up the client s computer All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically click Continue 8 The Client Installation...

Page 39: ...asks Install all utilities and drivers to the client s PC Add all the print server s network ports of the network to the client s PC You can then perform the Windows standard Add Printer procedure to...

Page 40: ...Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software The other two tools are described as follows 3 5 1 Network Ports Quic...

Page 41: ...puter see below If you have just installed another new print server in the network you must run this program first This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network p...

Page 42: ...emote across network segments print servers 3 5 2 Remote Ports Utility Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server From the assistant...

Page 43: ...nter LPR queue name of each port Click Ok Step3 The new remote print port is displayed as follows In order to use the remote printing function you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedur...

Page 44: ...36...

Page 45: ...rogram you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the Windows Note that following Add Printer steps are running in Windows XP the steps in other Operating Systems are similar Step1...

Page 46: ...and make sure that Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer is not selected Click Next Step5 Choose the suitable Print Server Network Port which was created by the Administrator Inst...

Page 47: ...d the printer model and click Next If your printer is not in the list click Have Disk to install the driver of the printer After installation the printer model will be added to the list Step7 Name you...

Page 48: ...ose to print the test page or not It is recommended to print a test page Click Next Step9 You have added the printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows C...

Page 49: ...41 4 Windows NT 2000 2003 Network...

Page 50: ...ous chapter we also offer the Server Based Printing architecture for Windows NT 2000 2003 server Only one Windows NT 2000 2003 is required to have Windows PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver installed a...

Page 51: ...n Windows NT 2000 2003 server first Refer to section 3 2 for installation instructions If your network has already installed a working print server and your Windows NT 2000 2003 server has not yet ins...

Page 52: ...44 Step3 Share the above server s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process...

Page 53: ...ed client side will be able to find the server s shared printer in Network Neighborhood You only need to perform Window s standard Add New Printer procedure select Network Printer shown in the screen...

Page 54: ...46 5 NetWare Network...

Page 55: ...NetWare print server PSERVER program running on the NetWare server A user first prints a job at a workstation the job is routed to a NetWare server the NetWare server stores the job in a print queue...

Page 56: ...of a workstation running the remote printer utility Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs E...

Page 57: ...ware 5 2 1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 5 2 1 1 Configuring as Print Server Mode 1 Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program 2 Change the current file server if necessary using the Change Current File Server me...

Page 58: ...print server object The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server 9 Press Enter to select the newly created print server 10 Select Print Server C...

Page 59: ...Queues Serviced by Printer then select Printer 0 or Printer 1 Printer 2 and press Enter 15 Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer Enter a pr...

Page 60: ...effect NOTE If the print server you have is with multiple printer connectors you may create multiple print queues and printer objects Your print server should now be ready to use You should be able to...

Page 61: ...53 6 UNIX System Network...

Page 62: ...your Unix system to allow printing to the print server The configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for BSD based Unix systems Please refer to the related system documentation for the...

Page 63: ...ble Print Server s TCP IP Support The default configuration of the print server is with TCP IP support enabled Anyway you can configure the print server to enable TCP IP support using the configuratio...

Page 64: ...t support DHCP protocol and the procedures to configure the DHCP server database are different This manual does not describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix systems It is highly recommended...

Page 65: ...ess to the etc hosts file by adding a line such as 203 66 191 12 pserver 2 Add an entry to the host s etc bootptab file similar to the following hostname ht 1 ha print_server_ethernet_address ip print...

Page 66: ...the following configuration Node ID 0000B4010101 this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101 IP address 203 66 191 12 The entry for this print server in the etc bootptab file should be PS010101 ht...

Page 67: ...59 6 4 Verify Print Server s IP Address To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command ping ip address...

Page 68: ...The host name should be the name or IP address that you have assigned to the print server 3 The printer name or queue name on the remote host should be lpt1 lpt2 or lpt3 the name of the printer port o...

Page 69: ...s should be indented with tabs More than one printer name can be used with variants separated by vertical bars name1 name2 The rm entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to the pri...

Page 70: ...62 The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host...

Page 71: ...63 7 Configuration Utility...

Page 72: ...ns for print server itself it does not include configuration functions for client side or other file server or NetWare server in the network environment The Configuration Utility provides the followin...

Page 73: ...SMB Group Name System Configuration Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade Wireless Configuration Wireless LAN Configuration Setup Wizard Guide You Through All the Settings Report...

Page 74: ...ds because the utility is using system s available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network All available print servers will be listed under Print Server Group on the left side...

Page 75: ...of the print server displayed are MAC ID Model Type Firmware Version status of each printer port NetWare file server name NetWare file server polling interval NetWare printer queue names IP address su...

Page 76: ...68 You can restart the print server by pressing the Reboot button...

Page 77: ...he current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window Double click one of the icons to set up the selected print server A screen will pop up to verify User Name and Password...

Page 78: ...70...

Page 79: ...You also can configure the Print Server Name SMB Group Name User Name and Password here Server Name the name of the print server You can use this name to identify the print server when you are search...

Page 80: ...e TCP IP configuration window will pop up You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP The print server also has a built in DHCP server You...

Page 81: ...ton to enter the DHCP server s setting page You can Enable Disable the DHCP server or set Auto and assign a range of IP addresses here The DHCP server is disabled by default If Auto is selected the DH...

Page 82: ...ave to assign the NetWare server name print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiti...

Page 83: ...75 NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues...

Page 84: ...tations You have to setup the Zone Name and Printer Type for each printer port of this print server Zone Name Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations...

Page 85: ...ration Rendezvous enables automatically discovery of computers devices and services on IP network The service name will be seen by users on IP network you have to designate the unique and friendly nam...

Page 86: ...ll pop up Contact You can enter the print server administrator s contact information here This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool Location You can enter the installed location o...

Page 87: ...79 7 11 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol...

Page 88: ...lect to enable disable each printing or management protocol assign name for each printer port of this print server upgrade the new firmware for this print server and enable disable wireless function P...

Page 89: ...ed and Ethernet will be always enabled You also can select Auto to let the print server automatically decide to enable or disable the wireless function The print server only can work in ether Ethernet...

Page 90: ...82 Country setting is for you to set the available channels according to your location...

Page 91: ...e print server then you can start to use the print server through wireless LAN If the wireless configuration does not work please plug the Ethernet cable again restart the print server and configure t...

Page 92: ...e operation modes of the wireless function click Next to go to further detailed configuration Infrastructure Mode In the Infrastructure mode you have to let the print server associate with an access p...

Page 93: ...ist is the scanned available access points Select an access point in the list and click Next If you cannot find the access point that you want to use click Scan to let the print server scan again Ad H...

Page 94: ...manually assign a channel If you select to let the print server scan for an active wireless station the following window will pop up The list is the scanned active wireless stations Select a wireless...

Page 95: ...to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network you have to select WEP ASCII or WEP HEX If you want to use WPA PSK you have to select WPA shared key The wireless security setting should be the...

Page 96: ...phrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys for the print server This setting is only valid when the security mode is in WEP HEX Key 1 to Key 4 If...

Page 97: ...This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advan...

Page 98: ...settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP settings If you manually assign the IP settings you have to enter IP address subnet mask and default gateway address When you finish configuring th...

Page 99: ...91 Click Save to save the wireless configuration...

Page 100: ...on on the tool bar the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window Double click the Print Server Setup Wizard the setup wizard will guide you...

Page 101: ...Step 1 Set up the name of this print server SMB Group Name and the port name for the print server Step 2 Select to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 12 for detail informatio...

Page 102: ...94 Step 3 Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server Please refer to section 7 6 for detail information Step 4 Setup the NetWare printing Please refer to section 7 7 for detail information...

Page 103: ...e Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings The other procedures are the same with Wireless Setting in Setup screen Please refer to section 7 13 for detail information Step 6 Click Save...

Page 104: ...con on the tool bar the Report window will pop up The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network The information includes Device Name MAC ID Model Type Firmware Versi...

Page 105: ...97 8 Web Management...

Page 106: ...figure and manage print server s various main functions in browsers Simply enter print server s IP address into your browser s address field to manage a print server by print server s built in Web Ser...

Page 107: ...r configure the settings of the print server After entering the IP address of the print server a login page display You have to enter correct User Name and Password before going to the Web Management...

Page 108: ...100 8 3 Device Status 8 3 1 System System Information includes Device Name Print Server Name Model Type System Up Time Firmware Version MAC Address and the protocols enabled status etc...

Page 109: ...101 8 3 2 Printer This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports...

Page 110: ...102 8 3 3 TCP IP This page lists all TCP IP settings of the print server including IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway It also lists DHCP server setting...

Page 111: ...103 8 3 4 SM B This page lists the SMB group setting of the print server...

Page 112: ...104 8 3 5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server It includes the settings of SNMP System Contact and SNMP System Location...

Page 113: ...105 8 3 6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings including Polling Time Use Bindery Mode Name of the File Server and Port Attached Queue...

Page 114: ...106 8 3 7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings including AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of printers connected to all print ports...

Page 115: ...107 8 3 8 Rendezvous This page lists Rendezvous settings including Port Service Name of each port...

Page 116: ...Server Name the name of the print server You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities Port Name is the nam...

Page 117: ...you have to login to the print server from administrator utility or web management with the new name The default user name is admin Password enter the password you want to change to the print server...

Page 118: ...110 8 4 1 2 Advanced Settings You can enable disable the printing protocols from the screen To enable the function please select Enable to disable the function please select Disable...

Page 119: ...s LAN If the wireless configuration does not work please plug the Ethernet cable again restart the print server and configure the print server through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are corr...

Page 120: ...AN infrastructure you have to choose Infrastructure mode ESSID is the unique name identified by in a wireless LAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs Please make sure tha...

Page 121: ...In the list is the information of all available access points or wireless stations includes SSID BSSID Channel Type Encryption and Signal Strength You can select one wireless device in the list for th...

Page 122: ...se WPA PSK you have to select WPA shared key The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network WEP Security Mode Key Length You can choose 64 bit to use...

Page 123: ...ur data Only the key you select it in the Default key will take effect Key 1 Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted within the wireless network Fill the text box by following the rule...

Page 124: ...packets This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the mo...

Page 125: ...election Please see above description When you finish configuring the wireless security click Save Next to confirm the configuration 8 4 3 TCP IP You can configure the print server to automatically ge...

Page 126: ...erver You can enable disable or set auto for the print server s DHCP server The DHCP server is disabled by default If the DHCP Server is enabled or set Auto you have to assign a range of IP addresses...

Page 127: ...All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol 8 4 5 SNM P The print server supports SNMP configuration If it is enabled please set up the following parameters...

Page 128: ...rver supports NetWare Bindery Printing method The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs You have to assign the NetWare server name print server polling in...

Page 129: ...server You have to assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print server 8 4 7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes The print server can use thes...

Page 130: ...e same zone can share the printer If you want to share the printer to all workstations in all Zones you should enter only in the Zone Name field Printer Type the type of printer attached to each print...

Page 131: ...ce name will be seen by users on IP network you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device 8 4 9 Save Settings You can click the Save Settings to save the settings and resta...

Page 132: ...124 8 5 System Tools 8 5 1 Load Default You can use this page to restore the factory default settings All of your previous setup will be cleared...

Page 133: ...in this page Click Browse to select the new firmware in your storage and then click OK the firmware will be updated in several minutes Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware you have to...

Page 134: ...up Setting To backup the print server setting to a config bin file select Backup settings from Print Server To apply the setting from the backup file select Restore settings from file and specify a fi...

Page 135: ...127 9 Telnet Management...

Page 136: ...troduction Print server can be configured and managed by Telnet Through Local Area Network or even Internet administrator can easily configure and manage print server s various main functions by a tel...

Page 137: ...e print server IP telnet 192 168 2 2 Then you will be prompted to enter the username and password After you successfully enter the correct username and password the following prompt will be displayed...

Page 138: ...l list all available arguments of get command The following table lists all the arguments whose value can be got by get command Argument Description Example psname Print server name admin get psname P...

Page 139: ..._KEY2 0123456789 abcdef0123456789a key1283 128 bit WEP key 3 admin get key1283 WEP128_KEY3 0123456789 abcdef0123456789a key1284 128 bit WEP key 4 admin get key1284 WEP128_KEY4 0123456789 abcdef0123456...

Page 140: ...ic IP by DHCP is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get DHCP DYNAMIC_IP 0 appletalk AppleTalk printing is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get appletalk APPLE_ENABLE 0 SMBD SMB p...

Page 141: ...server admin set ip 192 168 2 2 admin reboot If you enter only set the system will list all arguments of set command and the command format The following table lists all the arguments whose value can...

Page 142: ...WEP key 1 The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1281 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1282 128 bit WEP key 2 The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1282 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1...

Page 143: ...disable to get dynamic IP by DHCP The value should be disabled or enabled set DHCP disable appletalk Enable or disable AppleTalk printing The value should be disabled or enabled set appletalk disable...

Page 144: ...ipconfig IP_ADDR 192 168 2 2 SUBNET_MASK 255 255 255 0 DEFAULT_GATEWAY 192 168 2 254 9 5 2 reboot reboot command is used to restart the print server admin reboot 9 5 3 exit exit command is used to lea...

Page 145: ...137 set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit...

Page 146: ...138 10 IPP Printing...

Page 147: ...rver can support IPP printing by default It is needless to do any setting Any PC that can support IPP printing for example Windows 2000 XP can directly uses the print server by IP By using the IPP pri...

Page 148: ...o Internet users you have to set a real IP to the print server You also have to make sure that any gateway router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have these gateway devices installed in...

Page 149: ...141 Step3 The Add Printer Wizard is displayed Click Next Step4 Select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Click Next...

Page 150: ...L format is http IP 631 Port Name The IP should be the print server s IP The number 631 is IPP standard port number Port Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connected to The def...

Page 151: ...printer model and click Next If your printer is not in the list click Have Disk to install the driver of the printer After installation the printer model will be added to the list Step7 Choose to set...

Page 152: ...144 Step8 You have added the network printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish...

Page 153: ...owed the communications data passed through the XP SP2 s firewall In case that you do not find any print server listed on the Available Ports in Network Ports Quick Setup please follow the steps below...

Page 154: ...146 Step3 Select Advanced tab and click Settings Step4 Select Exceptions tab and click Add Program...

Page 155: ...147 Step5 Click Browse to add a new program...

Page 156: ...148 Step6 Open the NPUtil file from C Program Files PrintServer Utilities where C is the system drive...

Page 157: ...A new program Network Ports Quick Setup is displayed in the list click Ok Step8 Click Ok You have completed the setting The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the...

Page 158: ...150...

Search results

Summary of Contents for PS-3207 Series

Reviews:

Related manuals for PS-3207 Series

Brands by name

Popular brands

Edimax PS-3207 Series, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for PS-3207 Series

Reviews:

Related manuals for PS-3207 Series

Brands by name

Popular brands