Printronix PrintNet P8000 Line, User Manual

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Communicating Across Routers
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2. Turn the PrintNet on so that it immediately sends out a BOOTP
request. Wait one minute to allow the IP address assignment
process to complete.
3. Try to
ping
the PrintNet IP address from a network station to
see if it can be seen on your network.
NOTE: You will be able to communicate with the PrintNet from
network stations on different subnets if the print server has
been told about its default router/gateway in the BOOTP
response from the BOOTP server.
Communicating Across Routers
Since Unix environments rely on TCP/IP to communicate with the
PrintNet, crossing routers becomes an issue.
After you have followed one of the PrintNet configuration methods
mentioned (other than the BOOTP method), most likely, you will
only be able to communicate with the print server from the same
subnet. This means any host across a router will not be able to see
your PrintNet. In order to communicate across a router, store a
default router/gateway within the print server so that any packets
destined for another subnet get forwarded to this router
automatically. The router (or series of routers) can then take over
the process of ensuring the packets get to their final destination on
another subnet on your network.
To configure a default router/gateway within the PrintNet:
1. Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to
the URL
http://NICIPaddress/networkConf.html
(e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html).
NOTE: If prompted for a User ID and password first, type in
root
for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt (since
there is no default password).
2. At the Network Configuration HTML form that displays, click
the first field below Gateway and type in the IP address of the
default router/gateway for the PrintNet subnet.