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FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when t he equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can r[...]
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Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION TO T HE HWPS1UG ................................. 6 1.1 Product Introduction ......................................................... 7 1.2 Product Package ................................................................ 8 1. 3 Network Printing Architecture ......................................... 9 1.3.1 Print S[...]
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6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK ............................................. 67 6.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 68 6.2 Enable The HWPS1UG’s TCP/IP Support ................. 69 6.3 Setup the HWPS1UG’s IP Address ............................. 70 6.3.1 DHCP ............................................[...]
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8.3.2 Printer ......................................................................................... 113 8.3.3 TCP/IP ........................................................................................ 114 8.3.4 SMB ........................................................................................... 115 8.3.7 AppleTalk ..............[...]
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1. Introduction to the HWPS1UG[...]
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1.1 Product Introduction Congratulations on purchasing Hawking’s HWPS1UG 1 USB Port Wireless G Print Server. The Hawking HWPS1UG is a powerful and convenient network printing solution that will connect your U SB printer to a wireless 802.11g or 802.11g network. The HWPS1UG can connect with a 802.11b/g wireless network and has a 10/100Mbps auto - [...]
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1.2 Product Package[...]
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1.3 Net work Printing Architecture This section illustrates how a print server functions over a network environment. Before you install and use the HWPS1UG print server, it is strongly suggested that you read this section completely and select only the chapters th at pertain to your specific operating system. Below is a diagram of a typical network[...]
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1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Print Server Because the HWPS1UG print server supports IPX, TCP/IP, and AppleTalk protocols, any networked computer can print directly through the print server from any of the installed protocols.[...]
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1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Client User Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 /XP The HWPS1UG provides a PTPP (Peer - to - Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 /XP users. The PTPP (Pee r - to - Peer Printing) supports the T[...]
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Windows 98 PTPP Print Server MIS-2 P1 P2 P3 P1 Print Server MIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (includes HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris , Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system - standard LPR to print to your HWPS12U. MAC OS The MAC OS can use the system - standard AppleTalk network to print through your HWPS1UG .[...]
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1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for a Network Ser ver Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Network Server Common network servers use the following operating systems: Windows NT/2000 The HWPS1UG provides a PTPP (Peer - to - Peer Printing) driver with utilities for Windows NT and Windows 2[...]
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1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network printing environments use the following: Windows Peer - to - Peer Network The client’s PPTP driver will use the TCP/IP protocol to print to the print server. Windows NT/2000 Network The network printing function will become available after the PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000. Adding th[...]
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Windows NT Server Windows 98 Windows 2000 TCP/IP IPX TCP/IP PTPP Print Queue NetWare Network (see below) NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Windows 98 Windows 2000 IPX / IP IPX IPX Print Queue[...]
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1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains the HWPS1UG ’s hardware installation and configuration. The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduce configuration featur es for each of the following operating system networks: Chapter 3. Windows Peer - to - Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000 Server - Based Network Chapter 5. NetWare[...]
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1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provide s a complete network printing soluti on . The feature set is listed below : PTPP (Peer - to - Peer - Printing) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Printing NetWare Bind e ry Printing AppleTalk[...]
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2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the HWPS1UG ’s packaging and check all the items listed in section 1.2. 2. Connect the H WPS1UG to the printer you want to share on your network. 3. Connect the power adapter to the print server. 4. The print server will perform the Power - On - Self - Test (POST) after it is powered on. The Status LED will flas[...]
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3. Windows Peer - to - Peer Network[...]
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3.1 System Architecture The HWPS1UG supports Windows Peer - to - Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environ ments. Through Hawking’s quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing. The installation procedure is separated into the following two p[...]
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2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install the Windows PTPP driver (Peer - to - Peer Printing) for network printing. In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print s ervers on the network, and add the print server(s) into Windows’[...]
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3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup 3.2.1 Installation and Ea sy Setup Wizard WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP 1) POWER ON: After you have correctly connected your print server to your PC, router, and printer, please power on all units. 2) Before the installation, please verify that your network protocols (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI) and printer dr[...]
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2. The Hawking Installation Windows manager will pop up on your screen as fol lows: 3. Click on “Setup Wizard” and the Setup program will proceed to install the Print Server Utility program package. 4. Click “Next” to start the installation of the Print Server Utilities software and Easy Installation Wizard.[...]
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5. Click “N ext,” to specify the destination folder where the HWPS1UG utility files will be installed. 6. Click “Next,” and select the components you wish to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided software utilities and drivers.[...]
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7. Click “Next ,” to specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 8. Click “Next” to start the utility file installation.[...]
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9. The “Print Server Utilities” program will finish installing. 10. After this installation is com plete, please click on “Finish” to bring up the Easy Setup Wizard. 11. Once the Setup Wizard is activated, it will make sure you have the necessary components to proceed with installation. Please make sure you have connected your print server [...]
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12. Once the Setup Wizard has verified your settings, please click on the “Next” button to continue. If there is a problem with your setup, the Print Server Wizard will inform you of it and provide you with a diagnostic solution. You may choose to skip this initial network and print server diagnostic screen by clicking on the “Skip” button [...]
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Password: admin 15. Once you have entered your login and password for the selected print server, the “General Settings” page wil l appear. The General settings windows will allow you to edit the following: Print Server Name : Name you wish to give to your print server to make it recognizable.[...]
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SMB Group Name: The Windows group name you wish to associate your print server with. Plea se click in the SMB Group Name box for more information. Printer Port and Printer List: Each available printer port and the attached printer to that port will be displayed on this page. (You may refresh the printer name at any time if the attached printer is n[...]
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Typically your IP Gateway is the IP address of your computer’s router or Internet gateway. The Wizard will try and automatically fill in this a ddress for you based on your computer’s current settings. Please click “Next” once your computer has found the appropriate IP settings. (WIRELESS MODELS ONLY – For Wired print servers, please skip[...]
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Ad - hoc Network: Use this wireless connection if you wish to connect to the print server directly, bypassing any routers or access points on your network. Please press “Next” once you have selected y our wireless network. If you chose to connect to an encrypted network, this will be your next setup page. If you are connecting to a non - encryp[...]
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Please press “Next” once you have set up your encryption meth od.[...]
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20. Summary of Setting Changes The following page is a summary of configuration changes that are going to be saved to the print server. Please press “Save” to reboot the print server and save all modified settings. 21. The next screen allows you to attach your printer to your print server. The “Printer Port Setup” page displays each port’[...]
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Please select the appropriate printer you wish to connect to the print server and press the “Install Printer” button. 22. The “Install Printer” pop up window will guide you in installing your printer driver and binding it to your print server. This window gives you two selection options. You may install a new printer driver to your system o[...]
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23. Please select which option to choose and highlight the appropriate printer driver if it is present on the scrollable list of printer drivers. Press “Install” to complete the binding process.[...]
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Once your printer is properly bound to the print server , you will see a RED checkmark by the installed printer indicating a successful installation. 24. Once you have bound your printer to the print server, you may press the “Finish” button to proceed.[...]
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25. The final configuration screen will allow you to print a test page using the newly installed print server. Please highlight the appropriate printer and press the “Print Test” button to verify that your print server is properly configured. There may be a short delay the first time you print to the p rint server. If there is a problem printin[...]
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3.2. 2 Manual Printer Port Conf iguration WINDOWS 98/NT/Me/2000 Step1. Click the Start button, choose Setting è Printers Step2. Double click on Add Printer Step3. Select Local printer è click Next . Step4. Select your printer manufacturer and model, and then click Next .[...]
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Step5. Choose the Print Server’s Network Por t , which was created by the administrator or client installation process, and click Next . Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup.[...]
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WINDOWS XP Setup Step1. Click the Start button; choose Control Panel è Printers and Faxes Step2. C lick on Add a Printer Step3. The Add Printer Wizard will appear è Press Next. Step4. Select “ Local printer attached to this computer ” è Press Next.[...]
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Step5. In the “ Sel ect a Printer Port ” window select “ Use the following port ” and drag the selection bar down to your newly created print server entry è Press Next. Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and model, and then click Next. Step7. Please continue through the next couple of installation steps by pressing Next until yo[...]
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3.3 Administrator Utilities After the Administrator Installation is completed, there will be six utilities in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup - Local printer port management tool (see se ction 3.5). Remote Ports - Remote printer port management tool (see section 3.5). NetWare Quick Setup - NetWare quick installation softw[...]
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3.4 Client Installation and Setup 1. Insert the CD ship ped along with the HWPS1UG into your CD - ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program will execute automatically. If it does not start automatically, run Autorun.exe manually from your CD - ROM drive’s root directory. 2. The "Installation Manager" will be displayed o n the screen as follows[...]
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5. Click “ Next ” and specify the program folder wh ere the program icons will be added. 6. Click “ Next ” to start the installation.[...]
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7. Once the software installation is complete, the client wizard will allow you to connect your HWPS1UG to your printer. 8. The next screen allows you to attach your printer t o your print server. The “Printer Port Setup” page displays each port’s printer model if detected. If no printers are displayed, please make sure your printer is turned[...]
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Please select the appropriate printer you wish to connect to the print server and press the “Install Printer” button. 9. The “Install Printer” pop up window will guide you in installing your printer driver and bindin g it to your print server. This window gives you two selection options. You may install a new printer driver to your system o[...]
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Once your printer is properly bound to the print server, you will see a RED chec kmark by the installed printer indicating a successful installation. 11. Once you have bound your printer to the print server, you may press the “Finish” button to proceed.[...]
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12. The final configuration screen will allow you to print a test page using the newly installed print server. Please highlight the appropriate printer and press the “Print Test” button to verify that your print server is properly configured. There may be a short delay the first time you print to the print server. If there is a problem printing[...]
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3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is comple ted, there will be three tools located in the print server’s Program folder. 1) Network Ports Quick Setup 2) Remote Ports 3) Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver tool will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as follows: 3.[...]
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If you have just installed another new print server on your network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into the client’s computer. Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, and you will be able to print directly to the printer through the newly insta[...]
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Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same network; it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must us e the Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers. 3.5.2 Remote[...]
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Step3. Press OK to add the remote printer port into your comput er’s printer ports. In order to use the remote printing function, you will have to proceed with the normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.[...]
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4. Windows NT/2000 Network[...]
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4.1 System Architec ture Peer - to - Peer network printing and Server - Based Printing is available for machines using the Windows NT/2000 server. Only one Windows NT/2000 is required to have the Windows PTPP (Peer - to - Peer Printing) driver installed to share the printing service o n the network. Other network users can simply connect to the ser[...]
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4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation of a peer - to - peer connect ion (PTPP) between a Windows NT/2000 Server and the HWPS1UG . Step1. If this is your first time installing the print server, please install the administrator software on your Windows NT/2000 server first. Ref[...]
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Step3. Share the above server’s printer with the network by perform ing the standard Windows printer sharing installation process.[...]
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4.3 User Installation and Setup After the server side installation is completed, the client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in your Network Neigh borhood. You will then need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure. Select “Network Printer” as shown in the screen below, and complete the configurations to [...]
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5. NetWare Network[...]
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5.1 System Architecture We implemented the NetWare printer sharing functionality in the HWPS1UG , to allow one or more printers attached to the print server to be connected to your network. The HWPS1UG can support NetWare print server functions: - The embedded print server, which e mulates the “queue management functionality” of the NetWare pri[...]
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Relief of NetWare’s file server burden. Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.[...]
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5.2 N etWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software 5.2.1 Installation Using PSETUP 5.2.1.1 Configuring in Print Server Mode For more comple x setup needs, you can use the PSETUP program in conjunction with the NetWare PCONSOLE progra[...]
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5. Select the Print server in the Printing mode field. 6. Change the Alias of the print server if you wish. 7. S et the Primary File Server to be the file server where the print server ’ s queue will be located. 8. Press Escape to exit the Print Server Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. At this point [...]
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14. You have now successfully created the print queue that your print server will serve. Press the Es cape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 15. Select “Print Server Information.” 16. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the la[...]
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19. Select “Printer Configuration.” 20. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select Parallel LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If your print server has only one port, you do not need to configure this Type field. 21. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 22. Sel ect Queues Serviced by Prin[...]
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24. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 25. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the print server you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create multiple pri nt queues and printer objects. Your print server should now be ready to use. You should be able to redirect printing to your print s[...]
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6. UNIX System Network[...]
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6.1 Introduction Th e HWPS1UG can use TCP/IP printing through the Unix lpd (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The lpd protocol is based on the BSD version of Unix and is supported under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP op eration, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allo[...]
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6.2 Enable The HWPS1UG ’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the HWPS1UG has TCP/IP support enabled. You can configure the HWPS1UG to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program or PSETUP program included on the HWPS1UG CD - ROM.[...]
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6.3 Setup the HWPS1UG ’s IP Address The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network. You can set up the IP a ddress on various Unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) The print server will use the last three methods to [...]
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following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation. To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in as the host of the BOOTP server with superuser (root) admin rights. P erform the following steps to add address entries: 1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the pr[...]
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Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 203.66.191.12 The entry for this print server in the /etc/bootptab file shou ld be: PS010101: :ht=1: :ha=0000B4010101: :ip=203.66.191.12:[...]
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6.4 Verify the HWPS1UG ’s IP Address To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address, use a PING command to check the HWPS1UG ’s response : ping ip - address[...]
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6.5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host You can use this procedure to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your network. The procedure below can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix, like SunOS or Linux. For oth er versions of Unix, consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that: 1. The print server shou[...]
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chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd 3. Add an entry to the host ’ s / etc/printcap file, similar to the following: printer - name: :lp=: :rm=203.66.191.186: :rp=lpt1: :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log: :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd: :mx#0: Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name ca[...]
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7. Configuration Utility[...]
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7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces the HWPS1UG ’s system configuration utility in a Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during the Windows Adminis trator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides complete management and configuration functions for the print server. This uti[...]
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Wireless Configuration : Wireless LAN Configuration SNMP Configuration : Configuration through the SNMP protocol Setup Wizard : Gui de You Through All the Settings Report : List s the Status of all Available Print Servers on the Network We will explain each function separately in the following section.[...]
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7.2 Search – Search for All Available Print Server s Afte r you start up Hawking’s HWPS1UG configuration utility, click the “ Search ” icon on the tool bar. T he configuration utility will delay for several seconds to search for all print servers on the network. All available print servers will be listed under the “ Print Server Group ”[...]
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7. 3 Status - Print Server Status Click the “ Status ” icon on the tool bar to view the current status of the selected print server . Information about the selected print server is displayed including the MAC ID, model type, firmware version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare pr[...]
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You can restart the print server by pressing the “ Reboot ” button.[...]
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7. 4 Setting up the Print Server Click the “ Setup ” icon on the to ol bar and the setup items of the current selected print server will be displayed on the right side of the window. You can modify the HWPS1UG ’s settings here. Please Note : Default password and login is requested when configuration settings are changed or modified - Login: a[...]
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7. 5 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click on the “ AppleTalk ” icon and the AppleTalk conf iguration window will appear . AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintosh computers . The HWPS1UG can use this protocol to join the AppleTalk network and share your printer to other AppleTalk workstations . You will have to setup t[...]
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you want to share your printer with every workstation in every Zone, you should enter an “ * ” in the “ Zone Name ” field. Printer Type : This is the type of printer attached to each printer port . You can get the p rinter type information from the manufacturer of your attached printer.[...]
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7. 6 General Configuration Double Click the “ General ” icon and the General configuration window will be displayed . You can see basic print server information in this window . You also can configure the “ Print Server Name ,” “ User Name ,” “ Password ,” and “SMB Group name” here. Print Server Name: This is the name of your HW[...]
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User Name / Password is used to authenticate the a dministrator through the Web administration tool.[...]
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7. 7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click on the “ NetWare ” icon and the NetWare configuration window will be displayed . The HWPS1UG supports the NetWare Bindery Printing method and period ically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You will have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval[...]
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waiting on the NetWare server. You have to assign a printer queue for each pr inter port of the HWPS1UG . NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues.[...]
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7.8 System Configuration Double Click “ System ” icon and the System configuration window will be displayed . From the System configuratio n page, you can select to enable/ disable each printing protocol, assign name for each printer port, and upgrade to a new firmware version .[...]
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Port Name : This is the name of your printer port. Each printer port needs to be assigned a name. The client utility uses this name to access the printer port. Upgrade Firmware: You can use the “ Upgrade Firmware ” tool to update to the newest firmware of the print server. Click the button and select the correct firmware version file . After se[...]
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7.9 TCP/IP Configuration[...]
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Double Click the “ TCP/IP ” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will appear . You can configure the print server to automatically get its IP address from your networks DHCP server or manually speci fy a static print server IP. The HWPS1UG also has a built - in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manage your print server[...]
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7. 10 Wireless Configuration If you wish to use the print server ’s wireless LAN capabilities , please set up the HWPS1UG print server through an Ethernet connection before setting up the wireless connection. After configuring the wireless L AN portion of your print server’s settings , unplug your LAN Ethernet cable and restart the HWPS1UG prin[...]
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have a wireless network currently running a nd wish to use a peer - to - peer wireless connection, please select “ Ad Hoc Mode .” After selecting the wireless operation mode of the print server , click “ Next ” to continue with detailed wireless configuration. Infrastructure Mode: In Infrastructure mode, you r HWPS1UG will use an access poi[...]
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This is a list of scanned available wireless access points. Select an access point in the list to connect to and click “ Next .” If you cannot find the access po int that you wish to use, click on “ Scan ” to let the HWPS1UG scan for your wireless network again. Ad Hoc Mode:[...]
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In Ad Hoc mode, you can let the HWPS1UG automatically associate with other wireless station s or manually assign the SSID of your wireless netw ork. You can let the print server automatically select the channel that is the same with your peer connection or manually assign a channel. If you wish to let the HWPS1UG print server scan for an active wir[...]
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The list displays active available wireless stations. Select the wireless station you wish to connect to from the list and click “ Next .” If you cannot find the wireless station that you want the HWPS1UG print server to communicate with, click “ Scan ” to le t the print server scan the available networks again. Both “ Infrastructure ” [...]
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If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network, you have to select “ ON ” to enable the “ Wireless Security ” function. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network. You can select “ 64 bit ” or “ 128 bit ” length encryption key s . The l onger the key length is[...]
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You can select to allow the print server to automatically obtain your network’s IP settings with the DHCP client feature or manually assign the IP settings. If you manually assign the IP s ettings, you have to enter IP address, subnet mask , and default gateway address. When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “ Next ” to confirm th[...]
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Click “ Set ” to save the wireless configuration.[...]
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7.1 1 SNMP Configur ation Double Click the “ SNMP ” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop - up. Contact: You can enter the print server administrator ’ s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SN MP management tool. Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information[...]
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7.12 Admin Setup Wizard Click the “ Wizard ” icon on the tool bar and the setup wizard of the current selected print s erver will be show n on the right side of the information window. Double click the “ Print Server Wizard ” and the setup wizard will guide you through the setup process. Step 1 : Setup the name of t he print server and the [...]
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Step 2 : Select to enable the required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail ed information.[...]
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Step 3 : Setup the IP address of the HWPS1UG and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.9 for detail ed information. Step 4 : Setup N etWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail ed information.[...]
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Step 5 : Setup AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.5 for detail ed information.[...]
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Step 6 : Select the Wireless Adapter mode and set up wireless LAN settings. Please refer to section 7.10 for detail ed information. Step 7 : Click “Set” to finalize your settings.[...]
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7.1 3 Report Click the “ Report ” icon on the tool bar and the Report window will pop - up. The rep ort list s basic information of all available print servers on the network. The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, and print server status.[...]
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8. Web Management[...]
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8.1 Introduction The HWPS1UG can be configured and mana ged via the Web. Through the Local Area Network, or even the Internet, an administrator can easily configure and manage the HWPS1UG ’s functions through a web browser. Simply enter the print server’s IP address into your browser’s URL field to manage the HW PS1UG through the print server[...]
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8.2 Web Management of Print Server 8.2.1 Login You can use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the HWPS1UG . After entering the IP address of the print server, a l ogin page will be displa yed . You have to enter correct “ User Name ” and “ Password ” before accessing the Web Management pages. Note: Default Use[...]
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8. 3 Device Status 8. 3 .1 System The System Informa tion includes “ Device Name ,” “ Print Server Name ,” “ Model Type ,” “ System Up Time ,” “ Firmware Version ,” and “ MAC Address .”[...]
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8. 3 .2 Printer This page lists printer information for all printers connected to each of the HWPS1UG ’s ports.[...]
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8. 3 .3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP s ettings which include your HWPS1UG ’s “ IP Address ,” “ Subnet Mask ,” and “ Gateway .” It also lists the HWPS1UG ’s DHCP server settings including your “ Start IP ,” “ End IP ,” and “ Domain .”[...]
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8. 3 .4 SMB This page lists the current SMB group name settings.[...]
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8. 3 .5 SNMP This page displays the current SNMP settings.[...]
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8. 3 .6 NetWare This page lists the HWPS1UG ’s NetWare settings including “ Polling Time ,” “ Name of the File Server ,” and “ Queue Name of each Port .”[...]
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8. 3 .7 AppleTalk This page lists the HWPS1UG ’s AppleTalk settings includ ing “ AppleTalk Zone Name s” and your “ Printer Type .”[...]
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8.4 WIRELESS 8.4.1 Wireless Setup In order to enable the HWPS1UG ’s wireless functions, you must first enable this f eature on the print server. Under the Device Status window, please select either “auto” or “enable” if you wish to use the wireless features of this print server. Auto: Use either wireless or wired LAN to connect to the HWP[...]
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8.4.2 .1 Gene r al Wireless Setting s You can set the following wireless parameters to connect to the Hawking HWPS1UG print server. These parameters include Alias Name, ESSID and Chan nel. Under the Setup Wizard select the Wireless tab to the right of your browser. You can set the wireless parameters that are used to connect your print server to yo[...]
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Hoc ” or “ Infrastructure. ” If you do not have a wireless access point and want to use peer - to - peer connection, you should choose to run the print server in “ Ad Hoc ” mode. If you have a wireless access point or router o n your network , you should choose to run the HWPS1UG in “ Infrastructure ” mode. ESSID is the unique name id[...]
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8. 4 .2.2 Encryption The HWPS1UG supports the WEP encryption standard to enhance the security of your wireless LAN. WEP is an authentication algorithm, which protects your wireless data from unauthorized users. If using WEP in your wireless network, please set the authentication type and WEP key of your print server to the same settings as your wir[...]
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WEP key will determine the amount of encryption used in your data transmission. The longer your key is, the more processing power is used which will affect your data transmission speeds. Key Format: You may select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the "A - F", "a - f" and "0 - 9" range) t[...]
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8.4.2.3 Site Survey You can use this Site Survey function to search for an available wireless access point. The following information will be listed for any available access point : SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type, Encryption and Signal Strength. You can select one access point in the list for this print server to associ ate with or you will have to use[...]
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8.5 Web Setup Wizard 8.5.1 System You also can configure the “ Print Server Name ,” a ssign a name for each printer port of the HWPS1UG , and Enable or Disable the print servers wireless functionality. Printer Server Name : This is the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the HWPS1UG when you are searching for the print s[...]
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8.5.1.1 Admin Password This is where you set the Administrative user name and password for the print server. Us er Name / Password is used to authenticate the administrator through the Web administration tool.[...]
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8.5.1.2 Advanced Settings From the Advanced Settings page you can select to enable/ disable each printing protocol or data protocol.[...]
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8 .5.2 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server or manually specify a static IP. The print server also has a built - in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manage your IP address for you. If you need the HWPS1UG to automatically get an IP address from the DHCP server, select “ Auto [...]
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“ Gateway ,” and “ DNS .” The HWPS1UG will assign a unique IP address for each client.[...]
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8. 5 . 3 NetWare The HWPS1UG supports th e NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval , and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each prin ter port. Polling Time is the polling interval of t[...]
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NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues. 8. 5 . 4 AppleTalk[...]
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AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often us ed by Macintosh computers. The HWPS1UG can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share printers with other AppleTalk workstations . You have to setup the “ Zone Name ” and “ Printer Type ” for each printer port of this print server. Zone Name: The HWPS1UG has to join an Ap[...]
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8. 5 . 6 Save Settings The “Save Settings” page will be displayed after you have finished and saved s ystem configuration. You can click the “Save Settings” button to restart the system.[...]
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8. 6 System Tools 8.6.1 Load Default You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared.[...]
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8. 6 . 2 Upgrade Firmware You can upgrade new firmware for the HWPS1UG from this page. C lick “ Browse ” to select the new firmware from your hard drive or CD and then click “ OK .” T he firmware will take several minutes to update .[...]
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9 .1 Intro duction The IPP ( Internet Printing Protocol ) provides you with a convenient method for remote printing jobs via the TCP/IP protocol. The HWPS1UG 2 USB + 1 Parallel Port 10/100M Print Server can support IPP printing capabilities. It is not necessary to mo dify any of the print server’s internal settings to use the IPP printing feature[...]
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9 .2 System Setup 9 .2.1 Print Server Side It is not necessary to modify your IPP settings on the print server side. Make sure you know your print server’s IPP settings and make sure they are correctly set to your network’s IP settings . Contact your system administrator if you are unfamiliar with your network’s routed IP settings. If you wou[...]
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9 .2.2 Client S ide You will need to perform Window ’ s standard Add New Printer procedure . To do this, select the “ Network Printer ” setting as shown in the screen below and click “ Next .” Select “ Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or off ice network ” and enter the URL of your HWPS1UG print server . The URL format[...]
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click “ Next ” and complete the remaining configuration settings to access the shared network printer.[...]
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10 .1 Introduction The HWPS1UG Print server can be configured and managed through Telnet .[...]
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10.2 Login Execute the Telnet client tool and connect to the print server IP. telnet 192.168.2.1 Then you will be prompted to enter the username and password. After you successfully enter th e correct username and password, the following prompt will be displayed and you can start to manage this print server through command line statements . admin#[...]
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10.3 Get Setting Values – “ get ” Command The “ get ” command is used to get the setting values of t his print server. The format of the “ get ” command is as follow s : get argument T he argument value will then be displayed after the command. For example, if I want to get the IP address of the print server, I type in the “ get ip [...]
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USER_PASSWORD= ’ 1234 ’ username Login username admin# get username USER_NAME= ’ admi n ’ wlfunc Wireless LAN function is enabled or disabled 0: disabled 1: enabled 2: auto admin# get wlfunc WIRELESS_FUNCTI ON=2 wlmode Wireless LAN mode is Infrastructure or Ad Hoc 0: Infrastructure 1: Ad Hoc admin# get wlmode AP_MODE=1 ESSID ESSID of the wi[...]
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channel Channel number used by wireless LAN admin# get channel CHANNEL=11 wep The mode of WEP 0: disable 1: 64 bit WEP enabled 2: 128 bit WEP enabled admin# get wep WEP=0 defkey Default WEP key number 0: key 1 1: key 2 2: key 3 3: key 4 admin# g et defkey WEP_DEFAULT_KE Y=0 key641 64 bit WEP key 1 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY1=0123 456789[...]
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key642 64 bit WEP key 2 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY2=0123 456789 key643 64 bit WEP key 3 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY3=0123 456789 key644 64 bit WEP key 4 admin# g et key641 WEP64_KEY4=0123 456789 key1281 128 bit WEP key 1 admin# get key1281 WEP128_KEY1=012 3456789 abcdef0123456789a key1282 128 bit WEP key 2 admin# get key1282 WEP128_KEY2=012 345678[...]
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key1283 128 bit WEP key 3 admin# get key1283 WEP1 28_KEY3=012 3456789 abcdef0123456789a key1284 128 bit WEP key 4 admin# get key1284 WEP128_KEY4=012 3456789 abcdef0123456789a ip IP of the print server admin# get ip AP_ADDR= ’ 192.168 .2.1 ’ gateway Default gateway of the print server admin# get gateway DEFAU LT_GATEW AY= ’ 192.168.2.254 ’ s[...]
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polling Polling interval (in second) of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server admin# get polling PORT1_POLLTIME =3 aq1 Name of the printer queue on the NetWare server admin# get aq1 PORT1_QNAME= ’ P Q1 ’ applezone The name of AppleTalk zone that this print server joins to admin# get applezone PORT1_APPLEAON E= ’ * ?[...]
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SNMPC The administrator contact information of this print server for SNMP admin# get SNMPC SNMP_CONTACT= ’ sbdjohn@hotmail.co m ’ SNMPL The installed location of this print server for SNMP admin# get SNMPL SNMP_LOCATION= ’ Room 301 ’ port1 The port name of this print server admin# get port1 PORT1_LPTNAME= ’ lpt1 ’ DHCPS The DHCP server [...]
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1: enable appletalk AppleTalk printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get appletalk APPLE_ENABLE=0 SMBD SMB printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get SMBD SMBD_ENABLE=1 SNMP SNMP management protocol is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get SNMP SNMP_ENABLE=1 IPX NetWare Bindery printing is ena[...]
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0: disable 1: enable LPD LPR printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get LPD LPD_ENABLE=1 IPP IPP printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get IPP IPP_ENABLE=1 RAW RAW printin g is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get RAW RAW_ENABLE=1[...]
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10 .4 Modify ing the Setting Values – “ set ” Command The “ set ” command is used to modify the setting values of this print server. The format of the “ set ” command is as follow s : set argument_name value T he value will be written into the system configuration . For example, if you want to set the IP address of the print server to[...]
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wlfunc Enable or disable the wireless LAN function. The value should be “ disabled ” , “ enabled ” or “ auto ” set wlfunc auto wlmo de Wireless LAN mode is Infrastructure or Ad Hoc. The value should be “ inf ” or “ ad hoc ” set wlmode ad hoc ESSID ESSID of the wireless LAN set ESSID ‘ default ’ channel Channel number used by[...]
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or “ wep128 ” defkey Default WEP key number. The value should be 0~3. 0: key 1 1: key 2 2: key 3 3: key 4 set defkey 0 key641 64 bit WEP key 1. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set ke y641 0123456789 key642 64 bit WEP key 2. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123456789 key643 64 bit WEP key 3. The value should be set key64[...]
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10 digit Hex value key644 64 bit WEP key 4. The value should be 10 digit Hex value s et key641 0123456789 key1281 128 bit WEP key 1. The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1281 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1282 128 bit WEP key 2. The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1282 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1283 128 bit WE P key 3. Th[...]
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ip IP of the print server set ip ‘ 192.168.2.1 ’ gateway De fault gateway of the print server set gateway ‘ 192.168.2. 254 ’ submask Subnet mask of the print server set submask ‘ 255.255. 255.0 ’ polling Polling interval (in second) of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server set polling 3 aq 1 Name of the printe[...]
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printertype1 The type of the printer attached to this print server set printertype1 ‘ LaserW riter ’ SMB DG The name of the SMB group name that this print server joins to set SMBDG ‘ default ’ SNMPC The administrator contact information of this print server for SNMP set SNMPC ‘ sbdjohn@hotm ail.com ’ SNMPL The installed location of this[...]
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“ enabled ” . DHCP Enable or disable to get dynamic IP by DHCP. The value should be “ disabled ” or “ enabled ” . set DHCP disable appletalk Enable or disable AppleTalk printing The value should be “ disabled ” or “ enabled ” . set appletalk disable SMBD Enable or disable SMB printing The value should be “ disabled ” or “ [...]
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“ enabled ” . IPX Enable or disable NetWare Bindery printing The value should be “ disabled ” or “ enabled ” . set IPX enable LPD Enable or disable LPR printing The value should be “ disabled ” or “ enabled ” . set LPD enable IPP Enable or disable IPP printing The value should be “ disabled ” or “ enabled ” . set IPP ena[...]
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10.5 Other Commands 10.5.1 ipconfig The “ ipconfig ” command is used to quickly get the IP settings (IP, subnet mask, default gateway) of the print server: admin# ipconfig IP_ADDR=192.168.2.1 SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0 DEFAULT_GATEWAY=192.168.2.254 10.5. 2 reboot The “ reboot ” command is used to restart the print server: admin# reboot 10.5.[...]
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set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit[...]