Basic Installation
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AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server
Receiving an IP
Address with DHCP
•
If you have a DHCP server on your network
, your print server will
receive an IP address automatically. The IP address will then appear on
the
test page
you print by pressing the test button once.
•
If you are not working in a DHCP network
, you need to set the IP
address of the print server manually.
Notes:
Important:
Methods for Setting
the IP Address
You can obtain an IP address for your AXIS 5550 by using one of the
following methods, depending on your network operating environment.
See
“IP Addressing”
on page 125 for detailed instructions on IP address
management.
Automatic IP Address
Assignment
Manual IP Address
Assignment
• You need root privileges on your UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X system, or administrator priv-
ileges on a Windows NT server to set the IP address using RARP, BOOTP, DHCP and to add
an entry to the ARP table with the command 'arp -s'.
• You need to know the Ethernet address of your AXIS 5550 in order to assign an IP address
to it. The Ethernet address is based upon the serial number of your
print server
. This
means, for example, that an AXIS 5550 with the serial number of 00408C100086, will
have the corresponding Ethernet address of 00 40 8C 10 00 86. The serial number is
located on the bottom label of the print server
• Unless you are assigning an IP address using DHCP or Auto-IP, you must obtain an
unused IP address from your network administrator.
DO NOT use the IP addresses from the examples described here. Consult your network
administrator before assigning an IP address to your print server.
Method
Server required
Comment
AXIS AddPrinter Wizard
No server required
“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
2003 using AXIS AddPrinter Wizard”
on
page 23
DHCP
DHCP server
Dynamic assignment of IP addresses. See
“Set the IP Address with DHCP”
on page 16
RARP
RARP server
Static assignment of IP addresses. Cannot
be used over routers. See
“Set the IP Ad-
dress using RARP in UNIX/Linux”
on page
17
BOOTP
BOOTP server
Static assignment of IP addresses. See
“Set
the IP Address using BOOTP in UNIX/Linux”
on page 18
Auto-IP
No server required
Automatic assignment of IP addresses. See
“Set the IP Address using Auto-IP”
on page
18
Method
Platform
Comment
See
