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Intermec EasyLAN 100i – User's Manual Ed. 1

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Chapter 8    Configuration & Management

AXIS NetPilot is the recommended tool to use for configuring the
EasyLAN 100i in networks that support communication via the
IPX/SPX or the NetBIOS/NetBEUI protocols.

AXIS NetPilot allows you to:
• Change the EasyLAN 100i parameter values
• Modify network environment settings
• Monitor your printers on the network
• Create logical groups of print servers to simplify administration
• Upgrade the EasyLAN 100i

Starting AXIS NetPilot

Start AXIS NetPilot by clicking the AXIS NetPilot icon, which re-
sides in the folder where you installed AXIS NetPilot.

The main window of AXIS NetPilot

Using AXIS
NetPilot

Summary of Contents for EasyLAN 100I

Page 1: ...EasyLAN100i EthernetInterfaceBoard User s Manual P N 1 960476 00 Edition 1 May 2000...

Page 2: ...Security 7 Monitoring 8 Futureproof 8 Supporting Material on CD 8 2 Product Overview Physical Description 9 Interface Board 10 Network Connector 10 Test Button 10 Network Indicator 10 Serial Number La...

Page 3: ...r with Windows 95 98 30 Shared printer from a Windows 95 client 32 Windows NT 33 Using the AXIS Print Monitor with Windows NT 4 0 33 Using the AXIS Print Monitor with Windows NT 3 5x 35 Using the Micr...

Page 4: ...ng a Web Browser 59 Accessing the Web Pages 59 Using AXIS ThinWizard 60 Installing AXIS ThinWizard 60 Starting AXIS ThinWizard 60 Creating a Network Group 61 Managing the print servers 62 Upgrading Ax...

Page 5: ...he EasyLAN 100i firmware 79 Upgrading using AXIS ThinWizard 80 Upgrading over the Network using FTP 81 Upgrading using AXIS NetPilot 82 Upgrading the Printer s Firmware Fingerprint 83 10 Printing Crea...

Page 6: ...echnologies Corp DOS Ethernet HP JetAdmin LAN Manager LAN Server NDPS Novell NetWare OS 2 Unix Win dows and AXIS NetPilot are registered trademarks of the respective holders Throughout this manual tra...

Page 7: ...rinter Firmware The printer must be fitted with Intermec Fingerprint v 7 31 or later The Ethernet port is addressed as device net1 Supported Environments EasyLAN 100i supports the following computer s...

Page 8: ...Easy to Install You can install the EasyLAN 100i in your network in several ways Setting the IP address using the AXIS NetPilot installation software Its Installation Wizard combined with the itinsta...

Page 9: ...100i when new print server soft ware becomes available Supporting Material on CD The CD that comes with the EasyLAN 100i contains the following programs files and manuals General and Specifications Na...

Page 10: ...s Manual Ed 1 9 Chapter 2 2 Product Overview Physical Description EasyCoder XP Series EasyCoder F Series Serial Number Label Network LED Test Button RJ 45 Connector Serial Number Label Network LED Te...

Page 11: ...e local network segment and varies the speed of its data communication accordingly between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Test Button The test button is used to enable the printing of special network test label...

Page 12: ...the printer to the Ethernet Network below 2 WhentheEasyLAN100iissuccessfullyconnected proceedtothe Installation Guide on next page where you will find further informationabouthowtoinstallandintegrate...

Page 13: ...you are now ready to perform the basic setup procedures The method of instal lation that you choose should be dictated by your printing require ments and the type of network into which you are integr...

Page 14: ...ow to install the EasyLAN 100i with AXIS NetPilot 1 Start AXIS NetPilot by double clicking the NetPilot icon which is located in the folder where you installed AXIS NetPilot 2 Locate the EasyLAN 100i...

Page 15: ...or i e NetWare TCP IP or Windows OS 2 If your network comprises various different platforms you can en able any combination of environments NetWare NDS Place NetWare Print Queues on a specific bindery...

Page 16: ...eters entered during installation are not permanent they can be altered at any time according to your network print ing requirements No serious or permanent damage will be caused if you make a mistake...

Page 17: ...ed on the label on the rear plate of the unit IP address Unless you are downloading the IP address using DHCP you must obtain an unused IP address from your network administrator Methods for downloadi...

Page 18: ...oad the IP address using DHCP 1 Edit or create a scope in the DHCP manager of the DHCP daemon The entries included in this scope should contain the following parameters range of IP addresses subnet ma...

Page 19: ...tablished Notes Enter the Ethernet address as couples of digits separated by hyphen signs as shown in the example above When using the Windows 95 implementation of ARP change the first line to arp s I...

Page 20: ...ernet address as couples of digits separated by colon signs as shown in the example above The ARP command varies between different UNIX systems Some BSD type systems expect the host name and node ad d...

Page 21: ...m 3 If it is not already running start the RARP daemon This is typi cally performed using the rarpd a command 4 Restart the EasyLAN 100i to download the IP address Note Enter the Ethernet address as c...

Page 22: ...m fields exactly as shown in the example The ha field is the Ethernet address and the ip field is the IP address of your EasyLAN 100i The gw and sm fields correspond to the default router address and...

Page 23: ...you are advised to perform the additional instructions presented in Advanced Instal lation using AXIS NetPilot later in this chapter If you want to install the EasyLAN 100i using NDPS you should not...

Page 24: ...red to automatically create a public access printer before you connect the EasyLAN 100i to the network 2 Connect the EasyLAN 100i to the NetWare network As soon as the HP Gateway finds the EasyLAN 100...

Page 25: ...ronment Window The NetWare Network Environment window allows you to con nect additional print queues to your EasyLAN 100i as well as cre ate new ones Follow the steps below to gain access to the NetWa...

Page 26: ...Connect NetWare Print Queues window appears The AXIS NetPilot Connect NetWare Print Queues window 4 Select the tree or server location of the print queue from the Re sources box 5 Select an existing...

Page 27: ...thods on next page for further information about the two printing meth ods 9 Select an appropriate NetWare Print Server name that will be associated with the EasyLAN 100i print server by using the Bro...

Page 28: ...icense Advantages High performance typically up to 1 Mbyte s Limitations In bindery mode this printing method requires a NetWare user licence for each EasyLAN 100i to file server link Remote Printer M...

Page 29: ...n the CD Then identify your Windows platform and choose the appropriate installing instructions from the list below Windows 95 and Windows 98 please refer to Using the AXIS Print Monitor for Windows 9...

Page 30: ...o perform peer to peer printing Once installed the AXIS Print Monitor allows you to access all network printers just as if they were connected directly to your workstation Peer to peer printing offers...

Page 31: ...appear in the model list Note If you are not certain that the desired printer driver avail able in the Manufacturers and Printer Models list is the latest version you are advised to use the printer d...

Page 32: ...t is the latest version you are advised to use the printer driver provided on the CD delivered with the EasyLAN 100i 4 Click the Have Disk button Insert the CD that was provided with your printer sele...

Page 33: ...choice of network protocol and click OK 16 Enter the IP address or the host name of your print server and set the Logical Printer to PR1 Click OK 17 The LPR port will then be added automatically to th...

Page 34: ...lick the Configure Port button Choose whether error con dition pop up messages are to be displayed by checking the box intheConfigureAxisPortsdialog Definethefrequencyatwhich the error messages should...

Page 35: ...the Printer Ports dialog Click Close 8 Select an AXIS LPR Port you wish to use and then click OK Available LPR ports appear as port name IP address or port name host name e g PR1 192 36 254 101 9 Cli...

Page 36: ...does not appear in the model list Note If you are not certain that the desired printer driver avail able in the Manufacturers and Printer Models list is the latest version you are advised to use the p...

Page 37: ...elect the CD drive and click OK 5 Select a printer driver see note and click Next 6 Select Other from the Print to drop down list 7 Select AXIS Port from the list of available Print Monitors in the Pr...

Page 38: ...ck the Network icon If the TCP IPPrinting entry appears then TCP IP is already installed Close the Network folder and skip to Installing a printer below Follow the following steps to prepare for LPR L...

Page 39: ...edures prior to installing a printer for LPD printing These procedures are defined in Chapter 3 Basic Installation As signing an IP address Install the TCP IP Protocol Stack In the Control Panel click...

Page 40: ...the Print to field select Other 6 In the Print Destinations dialog choose LPR Port and then click OK The Add LPR Compatible Printer dialog will now appear 7 In the Name or Address field type the IP ad...

Page 41: ...ry located on your local hard disk peer to peer mode or on the file server client server mode The printer port status of your EasyLAN 100i can be monitoredandpop upnotificationmessagescanbegenerated k...

Page 42: ...nto their workstation This user then adds the printer to his or her workstation the server and shares the printer with other users on the network The other users the clients can connect to the printer...

Page 43: ...serial number e g INTERMEC003610 4 Accept or change the suggested Windows port name and type any required comment in the Description field Make a note of the Windows port name as you will need this la...

Page 44: ...lients see Client Setup below Check the Re share at Startup box then click OK The server setup is now completed Set up the clients as described below Note The AXIS Print Utility for Windows must be ru...

Page 45: ...in the preceding Windows sections using a choice of Axis utility software that is guided by the type of Win dows client employed Refer to Using the AXIS Print Utility for Windows if you are using a W...

Page 46: ...ents AXIS Print Utility for OS 2 is not supplied on the CD that comes with EasyLAN 100i but can be downloadedfromAXIS home page http www axis com glocal products software Download and install this uti...

Page 47: ...problem condi tion Notes The NetBEUI protocol must be active If not use MPTS LAPS LAN Server or SETUP LAN Manager to activate it If you are using OS 2 version 2 x and wish to print through TCP IP we...

Page 48: ...Click Setup then select Queues 6 Click Add to create a print queue and type a name in the Name field 7 Click Add then click OK to confirm the queue definition Creating a Print Queue OS 2 version 2 x a...

Page 49: ...en using OS 2 Warp with IBM Peer service follow the steps below 1 Click the right mouse button on the printer object 2 Select Share and then Start sharing In the dialog box enter Description 3 Select...

Page 50: ...install This utility software is resident in the flash memory of the EasyLAN 100i and can be downloaded to your host using FTP so no disks are required Having completed this operation the printer conn...

Page 51: ...s the user id and pass as the password 3 Download the script using the command get itinstall Log out using the command quit bye or exit depending on your FTP version ftp npserver connected to npserver...

Page 52: ...nce on the choice of print methods Theitinstall scriptwillsuggestoneofthesystemslistedbelowwhen started If you do not find the suggestion appropriate then manu ally select any of the systems listed 1...

Page 53: ...ates some of the advantages and limitations of the different methods Use the following infor mation to determine which method to adopt Illustration of different UNIX print methods LPD The Line Printer...

Page 54: ...e EasyLAN 100i appears as a device to the system This makes all filter and model options available It provides accounting and status logging Supports bi directional printing The printer infor mation r...

Page 55: ...SystemV and so with some ingenuity a solution can also be devised for other variants If the system has BSD socket type networking support then prosbsd in the bsd directory of the EasyLAN 100i can be...

Page 56: ...trol characters Logical Printer Changes to data PR1 no change PR2 no change PR3 no change PR4 no change PR5 add CR to LF PR6 add CR to LF PR7 add CR to LF PR8 add CR to LF Each logical printer can be...

Page 57: ...he primary application is to replace printer control commands Up to twenty string substitutions may be speci fied individually for each logical printer All strings must be entered as hexadecimal byte...

Page 58: ...0A 03 1B 47 31 02 1B 59 in the String Substitutions text field Hex code Explanation 01 Length of the UNIX New Line command 0A The UNIX New Line command 02 Length of the ASCII New Line command 0D 0A Th...

Page 59: ...HP administration tools e g HP JetAdmin Using Novell Utilities Using the printer s built in keyboard in the Setup Mode limited configuration only Configuration Overview Themethodyoushouldusetomanagean...

Page 60: ...ee to access the EasyLAN 100i Web pages from any standard Web browser Accessing the Web Pages Follow the steps below to access the internal home page of the EasyLAN 100i 1 Start your Web browser 2 Typ...

Page 61: ...nated server on your network When you want to use the AXIS ThinWizard for management purposes you just access the server via any standard Web browser The AXIS ThinWizard software is available on the C...

Page 62: ...ructions below to create a network group 1 Clickthe NetworkGroupsbuttonintheAXISThinWizardmain menu 2 Click the Create button 3 The Create Network Group page opens Type the name of the network group a...

Page 63: ...AXIS servers included in the network group appear in the window 3 Click the link of the EasyLAN 100i to access its internal Web page You are now free to manage and configure the EasyLAN 100i as descri...

Page 64: ...rotocols AXIS NetPilot allows you to Change the EasyLAN 100i parameter values Modify network environment settings Monitor your printers on the network Create logical groups of print servers to simplif...

Page 65: ...ating environments Each param eter can be edited by selecting the relevant box Follow the instructions below to open and edit an arbitrary Prop erty Page 1 SelecttheEasyLAN100ifromthe NetworkPrintServ...

Page 66: ...ect the appropriate radio button To File or To Print Server 6 ClickSaveafteryouhavemadeyourchoice tosavethemodified config file Modifying the network environments From the Network Environment window y...

Page 67: ...the File menu 3 Type a printer group name in the text field and click OK You can create as many printer groups as you want Adding a printer to a printer group Follow the instructions below to add a p...

Page 68: ...ality of the print servers Creating a Print Server Group Follow the instructions below to create a print server group 1 Select the AXIS Units folder 2 Click on the New Group button on the toolbar or s...

Page 69: ...rs appearing in the monitoring window 1 Select the desired printer folder located in the MonitoringPrint ers folder 2 Click the desired printer icon and choose Printer Information from the File menu A...

Page 70: ...Using AXIS NetPilot cont d Upgrading the Print Server You can use the AXIS NetPilot Upgrade Wizard to upgrade the EasyLAN 100i software Please refer to Chapter 9 Upgrading for details Additional info...

Page 71: ...e 2 Select this directory to receive data via ftp e g c cd directory name c directory name ftp 3 Log in to the EasyLAN 100i by typing ftp host name or ftp IP address 4 Enter the user id and the passwo...

Page 72: ...word pass not visible 230 User logged in ftp get config 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening data connection for config 192 36 253 4 13 223 mode ascii 226 Transfer complete 8588 bytes received in 0...

Page 73: ...wing the Account File The account file contains data concerning the ten last print jobs It specifies an internal job number the user that initiated the job the protocolandlogicalprinterthatwasused cur...

Page 74: ...100i by typing telnet host name or telnet IP address in a DOS window Windows and OS 2 or in a UNIX shell win dow 2 Enter the user id and the password The default entries areroot and pass 3 View the ac...

Page 75: ...to view the status file using telnet 1 Log in to the EasyLAN 100i by typing telnet host name or telnet IP address in a DOS windows Windows and OS 2 or in a UNIX shell window 2 Enter the user id and th...

Page 76: ...atabase The EasyLAN 100i supports all relevant parts of MIB II and also includes private AXIS and Intermec MIBs System Requirements for SNMP The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to ma...

Page 77: ...in compatible devices on your network Please refer to the appropriate Hewlett Packard documentation for further details about these tools Notes You can disable the HP JetAdmin and the HP Web JetAdmin...

Page 78: ...tion concerning the active job includ ing Print Queue print job description size of print file percentage of job completed etc You can also abort or pause the print job from this menu Notification You...

Page 79: ...NT DEFS SETUP MEDIA SETUP FEEDADJ SETUP SER COM UART1 Standard Setup Mode See diagram 2 in printer s Installation Operation Manual Standard Setup Mode See diagram 1 in printer s Installation Operation...

Page 80: ...and accessing the folder pub axis AXIS software only Over the Internet by accessing the Intermec Printer Support home page at http printer intermec com Click on the Software link and locate the relev...

Page 81: ...llow the instructions below to upgrade your print servers using AXIS ThinWizard 1 Click the Manage Network button in the AXIS ThinWizard main menu 2 Select a network group from the drop down list You...

Page 82: ...ized by your dealer 1 Log in to the EasyLAN 100i with the command ftp host name or ftp IP address 2 You will be prompted for user id and password Use the user id root which has the default password pa...

Page 83: ...of the methods presented at the start of this chapter 2 Put the file in the AXIS NetPilot Upgrade folder This folder resides in the same folder as the AXIS NetPilot program and was created when AXIS...

Page 84: ...r s flash memory can be upgraded in several ways The same methods can be used for downloading non standard fonts By means of a flash memory card Firmware Card Font Install Card inserted in the printer...

Page 85: ...LAN 100i INPUT ON start direct protocol mode BF ON enable bar code interpretation BF Swiss 721 BT 6 select bar code font PP 10 10 insertion point for box field PX 430 340 15 create a box PP 30 30 inse...

Page 86: ...er 5 Basic Installation Con necting the Printer to the Ethernet Network 1 Start an FTP application connected to the printer ftp 192 168 234 196 2 Log on using your user name and password 3 Send the te...

Page 87: ...V pr d printername filename where printername is the name of the printer you want to print to filename is the name of the file you want to print AIX qprt P printername filename where printername is t...

Page 88: ...an EasyLAN 100i interface board or not but can only be accessed via that board The advanced user can modify or replace the default home page as described in the EasyLAN 100 i Programmer s Guide The h...

Page 89: ...of characteris tics see Configuration PrintServer Printer1 8 laterinthischap ter By selecting the logical printer set up according to your imme diate requirements you can control how the printer will...

Page 90: ...ze of the print window select the media type and set up the printer for the paper ribbon type in use You can also adjust the printer s printout contrast Use the boxes to enter and select the appropria...

Page 91: ...as user The password is pass unless you have specified another password here After having given the correct password you can link to any configuration or manage ment page as long as your browser is o...

Page 92: ...ame Type Enabled Use the radio buttons to enable or disable this option Ethernet II Frame Type Enabled Use the radio buttons to enable or disable this option IEEE 802 2 Frame Type Enabled Use the radi...

Page 93: ...to select FR_AUTO FR_802_2 or FR_DIX Name Printer 1 8 Enter the name of the printer as ITCnnnnnn FIF where nnnnnn are the six 6 last digits in the serial number of the EasyLAN 100i interface board see...

Page 94: ...o be executed before the printing starts Enter as hexadecimal byte value Max 256 characters String Substitutions Here you can e g type Direct Protocol instructions that are to be executed after the pr...

Page 95: ...dress of the subnet mask as entered in the Setup Mode or by means of an Axis software If the field is empty enter the desired address of the subnet mask PROS Password Enter the PROS password Unix only...

Page 96: ...what you are doing NBT Scope ID Defines the NetBIOS scope to be used with WINS name regis tration When using DHCP this setting is done automatically Do not set manually unless you know what you are d...

Page 97: ...rap messages Trap Community Enter a string that identifies the printer when it sends trap mes sages System Name Enter a name for the printer Authentication Failure Trap There are two options ENABLE DI...

Page 98: ...ersion WINS Name WINS Status Base URL TCP IP enabled disabled NetWare enabled disabled NetBIOS NetBEUI enabled disabled to link to the following pages where you can enable disable the respective funct...

Page 99: ...story Monitor Job History Monitor The job history monitor shows the Account page where you can view the performed print jobs since last reboot The following in formation is shown Job Internal job numb...

Page 100: ...ual Ed 1 99 Appendix 1 EasyLAN 100i Home Page Support and Help These two links leads to the same page with links to various Inter mecsiteswhereyoucanfindmoreinformationaboutIntermecPrint ers and the I...

Page 101: ...rintheconfigfileandtheright handcolumnshows thename of the parameters as they appear in the internalWeb pages After you have changed them most parameters take effect for the next print job If Requires...

Page 102: ...NB YES BOOTP Enabled RARP_ENB YES RARP Enabled WINS_ENB YES WINS Enabled WINS_ADDR1 0 0 0 0 Primary WINS server Address WINS_ADDR2 0 0 0 0 Secondary WINS server Address NBT_SCOPE ID NBT Scope ID Defin...

Page 103: ...INDERY6 PSERVER Bindery 6 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY7 PSERVER Bindery 7 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY8 PSERVER Bindery 8 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY9 PSERVER Bind...

Page 104: ...r Printer 3 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 FASTIF LPRINT_4 Name Name Printer 4 LLOGIC_4 PR4 Logical Printer for Printer 4 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 FASTIF LPRINT_5 Name Printer 5 LLOGIC_5 PR5 L...

Page 105: ...1 5 and above Supports bindery emu lation and NDS Up to 16 bindery file servers and 96 print queues are served Supports user messages NDPS supported by versions 4 11 and above Print Methods NDPS RPRIN...

Page 106: ...ver NetBIOS NetBEUI Windows and OS 2 NetBIOS NetBEUI or TCP IP WINS TCP IP LPD FTP Telnet Reverse Telnet PROS BOOTP RARP DHCP ICMP IGMP IP TCP UDP HTTP SNMP TFTP SLP LANtastic NetBIOS NetBEUI Interfac...

Page 107: ...printer access NetWare Encrypted passwords Logical Printers The logical printer ports can be programmed to perform string be fore and after job string substitution alternative output and charac ter s...

Page 108: ...ddress to the print server BSD Berkeley Software Distribution The University of California Ber keley additions to the UNIX operating system Client Server printing One or several workstations shares a...

Page 109: ...s means that you can install software updates for your server as soon as they become available without having to replace any parts The new software is simply loaded into the server over the network FT...

Page 110: ...tion informationusedbySNMPandCMIPtomonitororchangenetwork settings MVS Multiple Virtual Storage an operating system installed on most of IBM s mainframe computers NBT NetBIOS over TCP IP protocol NCP...

Page 111: ...server s Ethernet address If a matching entry is found the daemon downloads the IP address to the print server RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing A processor that recognizes only a limited number...

Page 112: ...area e g astateorcounty AWANusuallycomprisesalarge number of local area networks LAN WINS Windows Internet Name Service A NetBIOS Name Server that maps NetBIOS names to dynamically assigned IP address...

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