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    EtherFast ® Wireless- Ready USB PrintSer v e r Use this Guide to install: Model No.: PPS1UW User Guide Instant EtherFast ® Series[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant EtherFast and EtherFast are r eg- istered trademarks of Linksys. Micr osoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are r egister ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY[...]

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    T able of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 The Instant EtherF ast ® W ireless-Ready USB PrintSer ver 1 F eatures 1 Package Contents 2 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 3 The W ireless-Ready USB PrintServer’ s LEDs 3 The W ireless-Ready USB PrintServer’ s P orts 4 Chapter 3: Hardwar e Installation 5 Ov[...]

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    Chapter 1: Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Instant EtherF ast ® W ireless-Ready USB PrintServer , the fastest and easiest wa y to network y our printers. No w you can share y our printing resources without tying up y our w orkstation per- formance with pending print jobs. The Instant EtherF ast ® W ireless-Ready USB PrintServ[...]

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    4 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintSer v er LAN Gr een . The LAN LED serves tw o pur poses. If the LED is continuously illuminated , the PrintServer is successfully connected to a device through the LAN port. If the LED is flickering, the PrintServer is acti vel y send- ing or recei ving data to the wired netw ork[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 6 The PrintServer does not ha ve an ON/OFF po wer s witch. Whene ver its po wer adapter is plugged into a po w er suppl y , the PrintSer ver is po wered on. The PrintServer can be po w ered on before, during, or after your netw ork is po w ered on. Connecting the PrintServer to Y our Network 1. Plug one e[...]

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    1. Inser t the Setup Utility CD . A built-in autor un will begin the installation of the PrintServer’ s Bi-Admin Management Utility , and displa y F igure 4-1. Click the product you wish to install, follo wed b y the Install tab to continue. 2. The installation routine will begin to run and displa y F igure 4-2. Close an y other pro grams you mig[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 10 1. T o begin dri v er installation, click the Start button, and select Run . T ype D:Driv erW in9xntsetup.ex e (w here “D” is the letter of your CD-R OM dri ve) in the Open f ield that appears. Click the OK button. 2. The W elcome screen appears. Read the text that appears, and click the Next bu[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 12 Instant EtherFast ® Series 11 5. Driv er installation is no w completed , but the Print Dri ver still needs to be conf igured. The PrintServer will not function properly until the Print Driv er is conf igured. Check the box beside Conf igure Print Dri v er No w , and click the Finish button to continu[...]

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    Instant EtherFast ® Series 13 9. The Add Printer W izard screen will come up at this point. F ollo w the stan- dard procedure for adding printers under W indo ws. If you ha ve an y ques- tions on adding printers, please refer to your printer’ s documentation. 10. After y our printer(s) ha ve been added , y ou will return to the Conf igure Printe[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 16 Chapter 5: Bi-Admin: PrintSer v e r Management The PrintServer is managed by a utility pro gram called Bi-Admin on the W ireless-Ready PrintServer’ s Setup CD . Fully compatib le with W indo ws 95, 98, Millennium, NT , 2000, and XP , Bi-Admin allo ws y ou to change the W ireless-Ready PrintServer’ [...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 18 Instant EtherFast ® Series 17 Obtaining Device Information: The Device Information Icon T o access information about the W ireless-Ready PrintServer , either click on it in the Device List windo w (on the right side of the Bi-Admin windo w), or highlight the PrintServer and click on the Device Inf orm[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 20 Instant EtherFast ® Series 19 Exiting Bi-Admin: The Application Exit Icon T o exit the Bi-Admin pro gram, just click on the Exit icon. Configuring Wireless Settings: The Wireless Icon T o conf igure the wireless settings, just click on the Wir eless icon. The W ireless Conf iguration screen will appea[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The Bi-Admin program can locate Linksys PrintServers on netw orks other than your o wn, giv en your netw ork is r unning TCP/IP across a W AN or other net- w ork-to-netw ork link via a router . T o attach Bi-Admin to a remote Linksys PrintServer located on a remote netw ork, click on Init De vice , and th[...]

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    23 When the Conf igure Serv er scr een appears, enter the PrintServer name (in Figure 6-3, the example is SCA71107) . Then enter your pass- w ord (if y ou created one) into the P assw or d f ield , and type it again in the V erify Pass w ord f ield to conf ir m it. Check all box es that apply to y our netw ork next to the Enab le area under Protoco[...]

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    25 Click the Wir eless tab to allow y ou to conf igure infor mation about the PrintServer . The values on this screen are conf igured through your Instant W ireless™ Netw ork PC Card. See the Card’ s documentation for instructions on conf iguration. Clicking the Refr esh button causes the PrintSer ver to retrie ve this information again. The Wi[...]

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    27 Chapter 7: Advanced Proper ties The Adv anced Properties section of the W eb-based Utility is for users w ho ha ve a thorough understanding of netw orks and netw ork settings. Changing these settings can cause inter ruption of network communication and mak e the PrintServer cease to function properly . T o access the Adv anced Properties, click [...]

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    29 Click the Logical Printers ta b to vie w or change the lo gical printer settings of the PrintServer . F or each Logical Printer , the follo wing f ields are a v ailable: Logical Printer(P ort) - Select the Logical Printer P or t you wish to conf igure. (L1 to L8). Click the Get Data button to update the display with the current data for the sele[...]

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    31 Click the SNMP tab to view or change the SNMP settings of the Wireless- Ready PrintServer . The PrintServer supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). This allo ws netw ork super visors to monitor and control the PrintServer using netw ork management platforms such as HP OpenV ie w , IBM SystemVie w , etc. The appropriate MIB f ile must[...]

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    33 Chapter 8: Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) is a new standards-based system to allo w remote printing from a PC to an y accessible printer . Normally , the printer will be attached to a computer or other device that functions as an IPP Server . F or client PCs, it is necessary to install a compatible IPP Client p[...]

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    35 5. Click Sa v e to create the IPP port on your system. Y ou will see a message conf irming that the port has been created and then Figure 8-2. 6. Perform one of these steps. Select an existing printer to use the ne w port, and click OK . OR Click the Add Ne w Printer button to create a ne w printer to use the IPP port. This will start the Add Pr[...]

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    37 IPP Client Setup f or Windo ws 2000 and XP W indo ws 2000 and XP ha ve their o wn IPP Client, and there is no need to install the supplied IPP Client Softw are. T o use this IPP Client with the PrintSer ver , follo w this procedure: 1. Star t the Add Printer W izard. 2. Select Netw ork Printer and click Next to see the Locate y our Printer scree[...]

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    EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 40 Chapter 9: DHCP Suppor t for the EtherFast ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintSer v er T o use DHCP , which assigns non-static IP addresses, y ou must ha ve a DHCP server and DHCP management software. Otherwise, the PrintServer’ s IP address will remain unkno wn, and connecting to it will impossib le. In thi[...]

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    Appendix B: About Bi-Directional Printing Normal printing only sends print signals from a PC to a printer . Bi-direction- al printing , also called bitronic printing, refers to a printer’ s ability to do just the opposite—talk back to a PC to notify it of a print job status, paper jams, etc. This tw o-w a y communication technolo gy can be foun[...]

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    Appendix D: Glossar y AppleT alk - An Apple Computer netw orking system that suppor t Apple’ s pro- prietary local talk. Bit - A binar y digit. The v alue—0 or 1—used in the binary numbering system. Also, the smallest form of data. Boot - T o cause the computer to star t executing instructions. P ersonal comput- ers contain built-in instructi[...]

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    Basicall y , a f irew all, w orking closel y with a router , examines each netw ork packet to determine whether to forw ard it to w ard its destination. Firmw ar e - Code that is written onto read-only memory (R OM) or pro gram- mable read-onl y memory (PR OM). Once f irmware has been written onto the R OM or PR OM, it is retained even w hen the de[...]

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    NetBEUI ( NetB IOS E xtended U ser I nterface) - The transport lay er for NetBIOS. NetBIOS and NetBEUI w ere originall y part of a single protocol suite that was later separated. NetBIOS sessions can be transported o ver NetBEUI, TCP/IP and SPX/IPX protocols. NetBIOS - The native netw orking protocol in DOS and W indows netw orks. Although original[...]

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    If a recei ver is not tuned to the right frequenc y , a spread-spectrum signal looks like background noise. There are tw o main alter nativ es, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). Static IP Address - A permanent IP address that is assigned to a node in an IP or a TCP/IP network. Subnet Mask - The met[...]

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    Appendix E: Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.3 and 802.3u, USB 1.0 and 1.1, PCMCIA 2.0 Protocol: TCP/IP , NetBEUI, AppleT alk P orts: One 10/100 RJ-45 Port, One USB Port, One Power Port PCMCIA: T ype II Slot (for use with WPC11 only) T ransfer Speed : LAN: 10Mbps or 100Mbps (Half Duplex) 20Mbps or 200Mbps (Full Duplex) Wireless: Up to 11Mbps Memo[...]

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    54 Appendix G: Warrant y Information BE SURE TO HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A B ARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT'S P A CKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINKSYS’S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE P AID FOR THE PR ODUCT FR OM DIRECT , INDIRECT , SPECIAL, INCI- DENT AL, O[...]

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    Instant EtherFast ® Series 55 Appendix H: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T echnical Suppor t 866-242-8558 RMA Issues 949-271-5461 Fa x 949-265-6655 Email support@l[...]

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    © Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. http://www .linksys.com[...]