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5
5-10 Setting up Network Servers
Adding the RIP Station to the TCP/IP network
If your TCP/IP network consists of Windows NT 4.0 servers and Windows NT 4.0
clients, use the directions in this section. If the network also includes UNIX
workstations, also refer to the directions on page 5-16.
T
O ADD THE
RIP S
TATION TO A
TCP/IP
NETWORK WITH A
W
INDOWS
NT 4.0
SERVER
:
1. Register the IP address of the RIP Station in the host name database used by your
system.
The hosts file maps remote devices to IP addresses. Users can communicate with any
device over TCP/IP by using the host name rather than the IP address.
For installations that don’t have a network administrator or a central host name
database, add the RIP Station to the
hosts file on the Windows NT 4.0 server. Also
add it to the hosts file on any workstations that have TCP/IP loaded and will use the
Fiery utilities.
The Windows NT 4.0
hosts
file provides compatibility with the UNIX
hosts
file. The
hosts file is used as a local Domain Name Services (DNS) equivalent. It has the same
format as the
/etc/hosts
file on UNIX servers. The format of the hosts entry is:
IP Address<TAB>host name<TAB>#comments
where <TAB> indicates that you press the Tab key.
To determine the IP Address and Server Name of your system, print a Configuration
page from the Control Panel (see page 3-43).
N
OTE
:
If the RIP Station has already been defined in an /etc/hosts file or equivalent
host name database on a UNIX workstation on your network, it is recommended that
you use the same host name here as you used for the name of the remote printer in the
/
etc/printcap
file.
2. On the RIP Station Control Panel, perform Server Setup, Network Setup and Printer
Setup to support TCP/IP printing.
Enter the options in Protocol Setup (IP address of the RIP Station, Subnet mask, and
Gateway address).