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Network Interface Board

Type2000(Option)

Quick Configuration Guide

Read this manual carefully before you use this product and keep it handy for future
reference.
For safety, please follow the instructions in this manual.

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Page 1: ... Interface Board Type2000 Option Quick Configuration Guide Read this manual carefully before you use this product and keep it handy for future reference For safety please follow the instructions in this manual ...

Page 2: ...ing the machine Trademarks NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Incorporated Windows is a registered trademark of Mi crosoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Incorporated All other products referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Other product names used herein are for ident...

Page 3: ... damaged or data might be lost Be sure to read this Note This symbol indicates precautions for operation or actions to take after misop eration Reference This symbol indicates a reference Keys that appear on the machine s panel display Keys and buttons that appear on the computer s display Keys built into the machine s operation panel Keys on the computer s keyboard ...

Page 4: ...nters to communicate over an Ethernet network with many different network operating systems including NetWare Macintosh UNIX and Windows The status page of the NIB will be automatically printed in the following cases when the printer is turned on when the NIB is reset This feature can be disabled with the MAP utility or by connecting to the NIB address with a browser To disable this feature check ...

Page 5: ... 3 x Configuration 12 NetWare 4 x Configuration 14 Configuring the IP IPX MAP Utility 16 3 Windows 95 98 Configuration What is Windows 95 98 Peer to Peer Printing 17 Installing Peer to Peer Printing IP 18 Installing Peer to Peer Printing IPX 20 Select the Printer Port 22 4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP 23 5 Windows NT Configuration Windows NT Con...

Page 6: ...iv 6 UNIX Configuration UNIX Configuration 31 Setting the IP Address 31 Setting Other TCP IP Parameters 32 INDEX 34 ...

Page 7: ...k Installation Guide Describes the procedures for installing your printer Operating Instructions Describes the procedures and necessary information on setting up and using your printer and its optional equipment For information on setting IP param eters see Configuring the Printer for the Network with the Operation Panel in this manual Network Interface Board Type 2000 Owner s Manual Provides deta...

Page 8: ...r skrivaren för installationsanvisningar på svenska Enbart Europa Se den norske håndboken som følger med skriveren for betjeningsinstruksjoner Her finner du også installasjonsinstruksjoner på norsk gjelder bare Europa For installationsvejledning på dansk se da den danske betjeningsvejledning der leveres med printeren kun Europa Katso suomenkielisiä asennusohjeita kirjoittimen suomenkielisestä käyt...

Page 9: ... som medföljer skrivaren för snabbguiden för konfigurering av Network Interface Board på svenska Enbart Europa Se filen på den CD ROM som følger med skriveren for konfigurerings veiledningen for Grensesnittkort for Nettverk på norsk gjelder bare Europa For lynguiden til konfiguration af Netværkskort på dansk se filen på den CD ROM der leveres med printeren kun Europa Katso kirjoittimen mukana toim...

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Page 11: ...00 You can select any of the programs listed in the Configuration Programs Configuration Programs The CD ROM includes the following utilities MAP Web based configuration utility IPX Peer to Peer IPX Peer to Peer printing software IP Peer to Peer IP Peer to Peer printing software BOOTP Lite Used to configure the IP parameters of the NIB NWSetup NetWare Print Service Configuration ...

Page 12: ...appears Note If Adobe Acrobat Reader 3 0 is not installed click on Install Adobe Acrobat Reader 3 0 B Click on CD ROM Contents The CD ROM table of contents screen appears C Click on Installation Configuration Programs The Configuration Programs screen appears P 18 Installing Peer to Peer Printing IP P 20 Installing Peer to Peer Printing IPX ...

Page 13: ...ines the following configuration steps A Lets you set up the Novell file servers and print servers for NetWare print ing instead of using NetWare utilities B Allows you to set up your printers with NIBs for network printing Install NWSetup A Insert the CD ROM in the CD ROM drive B In Windows 95 98 or NT4 0 click on Start and select Run C Type Drive Nwsetup Setup exe where Drive is your CD ROM and ...

Page 14: ...er Password Asterisks in this field indicate that a password is needed to log into Net Ware and the Network Interface Board Change Password Clicking on this button brings up a dialog box allowing you to set or change the password B Click on Next to continue The second Print Server Settings screen appears Again most of the fields will be configured automatically Fill in the following fields with th...

Page 15: ...g screens will not be enabled Printer Name The name of the printer Note this is a read only field Queues Serviced by Printer This field contains a list of queues that are serviced by the printer B Click on Add Queue to add a queue The Add Queue to Printer screen appears Connection Server This list menu is used to select a server connection Context This field allows you to specify an NDS context fo...

Page 16: ...on This lists all of the file servers that you can connect to Select the appropriate connection NDS Context Specifies the NDS context to use when generating a list of users Users Groups Lists the users and groups available on the currently selected connection Select the user group that you want to add Delay in seconds for first message Indicates how long the NIB should wait before sending a notifi...

Page 17: ... for a user or group User Group name This is the name of the current user group This is a read only field Delay in seconds for first message Indicates how long the NIB should wait before sending a notification mes sage that an error condition has been detected Delay in seconds for repeat messages Indicates how long the NIB should wait before sending a repeat notifica tion of an error condition Not...

Page 18: ...The Print Queue menu appears C Press the INSERT key D Type a name for the new queue to be serviced by the NIB and press the EN TER key E Press the ESC key to return to the Available Options screen Define the Print Server A From the Available Options Menu select Print Server Information and press the ENTER key The Print Servers screen appears B Press the INSERT key C Type the NIB Print Server name ...

Page 19: ...TER key The Printer Types screen appears F Select Remote Other Unknown and press the ENTER key The Printer 0 configuration screen appears G Press the ESC key to exit H Select Yes and press the ENTER key to save the changes I Press the ESC key to return to the Printer Server Configuration menu Assign the Print Queue A From the Printer Server Configuration menu select Queues Serviced by Printer and ...

Page 20: ...ant to browse for a volume press the INSERT key E A list of volumes appears Select the volume you want to use and press the ENTER key You are returned to the Print Queues screen and the new queue is visible F Press the ESC key to return to the Available Options screen Define the Print Server A From the Available Options screen select Print Servers and press the EN TER key The Printer Servers scree...

Page 21: ... D You are returned to the Printers screen and the name of the new printer is visible E Select the Printer you wish to define and press the ENTER key The Printer configuration screen appears Fill in the fields according to the specifications of the printer Assign the Print Queue A From the Printer configuration screen select Print queues assigned and press the ENTER key The Print Queue screen appe...

Page 22: ...Click on Start on the Task bar B Point to Programs C Point to MAP and select MAP Setup Map Setup dialog appears D Select the appropriate boxes to choose IP or IPX based printers E Input the maximum number of hops for IP Search F Click on OK to close this dialog box ...

Page 23: ...all NIBs on the network automatically appear in the list of available printer ports The peer to peer printing software can also be used in networks where servers are present however often the server print services are utilized instead Server based print services offer centralized printing management and spooling and do not require software other than the printer driver to be installed on each PC N...

Page 24: ...IP the Peer to Peer Printing screen appears This screen describes the functions of this utility E At the bottom of the screen click on the blue word here to begin install ing The Welcome screen appears F Click on Next to continue The Installation Notes screen appears G Click on Yes to continue installation The Choose Destination Directory screen appears H Click on Browse to set a different directo...

Page 25: ...rating system Windows95 98 or NT 4 0 A Insert the CD in the CD ROM drive B Close all the applications that are currently running C Click on Start on the task bar and click on Run D Type Drive IP p2p Setup exe where Drive is your CD ROM E Click on OK The Welcome screen appears The remaining steps are identical to F K above P 18 Installing Peer to Peer Printing IP ...

Page 26: ... Peer to Peer Printing The Windows 95 98 and NT IPX Peer to Peer Printing screen appears This screen describes the functions of this utility E At the bottom of the screen click on the blue word here to begin install ing The Welcome screen appears F Click on Next to continue The Installation Notes screen appears G Click on Yes to continue installation The files are then copied to your computer in t...

Page 27: ...r to Peer Printing IPX 21 3 D Type Drive IPX p2p Setup exe where Drive is your CD ROM E Click on OK The Welcome screen appears The remaining steps are identical to F H above P 20 Installing Peer to Peer Printing IPX ...

Page 28: ...inter port A Use the Add Printer Wizard to add a LOCAL printer B Use the drivers that come with the printer C When the Add Printer Wizard asks you to select a port select the name of the printer that you want to use D Select the Print Test Page option when you complete the installation Note The default name for IPX is in the format RDP_ and the serial number of the NIB e g RDP_167532 The default n...

Page 29: ...and Subnet mask and default gateway Once an IP address has been assigned to the NIB it will no longer broadcast DHCP requests Important NIB IP address assignment with DHCP will only work when the NIB does not have an existing IP address The DHCP server may grant a temporary IP address called a temporary lease or temporary reservation which expires after a period or may grant a permanent or unlimit...

Page 30: ...Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP 24 4 This page is intentionally blank ...

Page 31: ...igure the individual Windows NT or Windows 95 98 workstations to print using a different protocol than the Windows NT server For example a Windows NT server could be con figured to print to a NIB via TCP IP using the instructions in this section The NIB could then be designated as shared on the NT server allowing workstations to print via the NT server using a different protocol such as the defaul...

Page 32: ...lick on Network and select the Protocols tab If TCP IP Protocol is not in the list of Network Protocols click on Add to in stall it C Select the Services tab If either Microsoft TCP IP Printing or Simple TCP IP Services is not on the list of Network Services click on Add to install them D Click on Close when all protocols and services have been added If the TCP IP protocol has just been added Wind...

Page 33: ... number in the IP address is from 192 to 254 then use 255 255 255 0 as the Subnet mask D Enter the Default Gateway address the router s IP address or leave blank E Enter the Hardware address of the NIB This address is listed on the power up network status page under Network Address for example 00 40 AF 12 34 23 Please enter it as it appears on the status page The status pages a printer status page...

Page 34: ...select Properties C On the Ports tab click on Add Port D Double click on LPR Port in the list of available printer ports E In the Name or address of host providing lpd field enter the IP address of the NIB that was assigned with BOOTPL32 F In the Name of printer or print queue on that server field enter PORT1 and click on OK G Click on Close to close the Printer Ports dialog The NIB IP address is ...

Page 35: ...t access to a shared printer Windows 95 98 In the Printer Properties on the Details tab click the Add Port button and browse the network for the shared printer Windows NT4 0 Add a new printer with Add Printer select Network Printer Server rather than My Computer and choose the shared printer from the shared printers list ...

Page 36: ...Windows NT Configuration 30 5 This page is intentionally blank ...

Page 37: ... including with the MAP utility when a NetWare server is present with the UNIX bootp daemon with rarp or with the standard UNIX command line utility arp The following instructions use arp but the other methods may be used instead depending on user preference For directions on using one of the other methods please refer to the NIB Owner s Manual A Turn the printer off and then on and wait for the p...

Page 38: ...g via telnet refer to the NIB Owner s Manual A In the browser connect to http NIB_IP_address For example http 197 42 211 5 B At the NIB s Home Page click on Network Configuration C Many of the configuration options are password protected The default password is sysadm The password is case sensitive To change the password select Change Password in the System column D Select Setup TCP IP in the Prot...

Page 39: ...UNIX Configuration 33 6 Click on Reset in the System column and click Reset Unit After a few seconds the screen should report that the unit was reset TCP IP configuration is now complete ...

Page 40: ...8 Enable Printer box 9 Ethernet Frame Type 8 Ethernet Interface ii F File Server Volume 9 G Gateway address 27 H Hardware address 27 HTTP ii I IP 5 18 IP address 23 27 31 IP parameters 27 IPX 5 20 L LPR 25 28 M MAP 5 16 Multiple Protocol support ii N NDS Context 9 10 NetBEUI 25 NetWare 7 Network Address 27 Network Interface Boards 8 Network Interface Board Type 2000 1 5 Network Interface Board Typ...

Page 41: ...ueue Name 9 Queues Serviced by Printer 9 Quick Installation Guide 1 S Shared Printer 29 SNMP ii Subnet mask 27 T TCP IP 23 25 26 U UNIX 31 User Group name 11 Users Groups 10 W Windows 95 98 29 Windows NT4 0 26 28 29 ...

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Page 44: ...Network Interface Board Type2000 Option Quick Configuration Guide Printed in USA UE USA A919 8600 EE GB ...

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