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Instant Wireless ™ Series Wireless PrintSer ver Use this Guide to install: Model No.: WPS11 User Guide[...]
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are r egister ed trademarks of Micr osoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the pr operty of their respective proprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarantees that every Instant Wireless ® Wireless PrintServer is[...]
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T able of Contents Introduction 1 The Instant Wireless ™ Wireless PrintServer 1 Features 1 Package Contents 2 Getting to Know the Wireless PrintSer ver 3 The Wireless PrintSer ver’s LEDs 3 The Wireless PrintSer ver’s Ports 4 Hardwar e Installation 5 Overview 5 Finding the Wireless PrintSer ver’s Default Name 5 Finding the Wireless PrintSer [...]
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• One Instant W ireless™ Wireless PrintSer ver • One Antenna (Not Sho wn) • One Setup Utility CD • One P ow er Adapter • One User Guide on Setup Utility CD (Not Sho wn) • One Registration Card (Not Sho wn) 2 Instant Wireless™ Series Wireless PrintSer ver Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Instant W ireless™ W ire[...]
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4 LAN This port connects to your wired netw ork using a standard Category 5 netw ork cable. Printer This Parallel (LPT) P ort connects to your printer . Reset Button Briefly pressing the Reset Button will refresh the W ireless PrintSer v er’ s connections, potentially clear- ing any jammed links. Power This port connects the pow er adapter . Ante[...]
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6 Connecting the Wireless PrintServer to Y our Network 1. After po wering on the Wireless PrintServer , plug one end of a UTP Category 5 (or better) cable into the W ireless PrintServer’ s LAN P or t. 2. Connect the other end of the cable into a netw orked hub or s witch. The dis- tance betw een the W ireless PrintSer ver and the second de vice s[...]
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1. T o begin dri ver installation, click the Start button, select Run , and type D:Driv erWin9xntAddP ort_Linksys.ex e (where D is the letter of y our CD-R OM driv e) in the Open f ield that appears. Click the OK button. 2. The Install Wizar d window appears. Read the te xt that appears and click the Next button. The Autorun Bi-Admin Management [...]
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10 5. Dri ver installation is no w completed but the Print Driv er still needs to be conf igured. The W ireless-Ready PrintSer ver will not function properly until the Print Driv er is conf igured. Check the box beside Conf igure Print Driv er No w and click the Finish button to continue. 6. Before setting up and conf iguring the Print P or t, foll[...]
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12 11 9. The Ad d New Printer Wizar d will come up at this point. F ollo w the stan- dard procedure for adding printers under W indows. If y ou hav e an y ques- tions on adding printers, please refer to your W indo ws documentation. 10. After your printer(s) ha ve been added , you will return to the Conf igure Printer P or t screen. Click the Conne[...]
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14 13 Bi-Admin: PrintSer ver Management Overview The W ireless PrintSer ver is managed b y a utility program called Bi-Admin on the W ireless PrintSer ver’ s Setup CD . Fully compatib le with W indows 95, 98, Millennium, NT , 2000, and XP , Bi-Admin allows y ou to change the W ireless PrintServer’ s internal settings, check on the unit’ s sta[...]
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16 15 Obtaining Device Information: The Device Information Icon T o access infor mation about the W ireless PrintSer ver , either click on it in the De vice List windo w (on the right side of the Bi-Admin windo w) or highlight the W ireless PrintServer and click on the Device Inf ormation icon, sho wn abo ve. Y ou can also highlight the W ireless P[...]
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18 17 The W ireless PrintSer ver comes with a default device name printed on the bot- tom of the unit, and al wa ys star ting with the pref ix SC (example: SC489392). The SC name is the name of the W ireless PrintServer an y time users on the net- w ork quer y it . T o make the Wireless PrintServer more user -friendl y , you can gi ve it a unique d[...]
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Logical P ort Configuration: Logical P ort Configuration Icon T o set or change the W ireless PrintServer’ s logical port set- tings, highlight the W ireless PrintSer ver to be changed and click on the Logical P ort icon (sho wn here). The Logical P ort Conf iguration windo w will appear . Make any changes to the settings, and click on Sa ve to D[...]
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When the Conf igure Ser v er scr een appears, enter the W ireless PrintServer name (in the example sho wn here SCA71107 ) . Then enter your pass w ord (if you created one) into the P assw ord dropdo wn bo x and type it again in the V erify Pass word to conf ir m it. Check all box es that apply to your netw ork next to the Enable area under Protocol[...]
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Click the Wir eless tab to allo w you to vie w infor mation about the W ireless PrintServer . No values can be changed on this screen. This screen is for infor- mation onl y . Clicking the Refresh button causes the W ireless PrintServer to retriev e this infor mation again. The Wireless Page 24 Wireless PrintServer Click the TCP/IP tab to vie w or [...]
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Advanced Properties The Adv anced Properties section of the W eb-based Utility is for users who ha ve a thorough understanding of netw orks and network settings. Changing these settings can cause inter ruption of network communication and mak e the W ireless PrintSer ver cease to function properl y . T o access the Adv anced Properties, click the A[...]
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Click the Logical Printers ta b to vie w or change the logical printer settings of the W ireless PrintSer ver . F or each Logical Printer , the follo wing f ields are av 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 displa y with the cur rent data for [...]
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Click the SNMP tab to view or change the SNMP settings of the Wireless PrintServer . The W ireless PrintSer ver supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). This allo ws netw ork super visors to monitor and control the W ireless PrintSer ver using netw ork management platfor ms such as HP OpenV iew , IBM SystemV iew , etc. The appropriate MI[...]
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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 . Nor mally , the printer will be attached to a computer or other de vice which functions as an IPP Server . F or client PCs, it is necessary to install a compatible IPP Client program. The[...]
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5. Click Sa ve to create the IPP port on your system. Y ou will see a message con- f irming that the por t has been created , then the follo wing dialo g: 6. Either select an existing printer to use the ne w por t, and click OK . OR Click the Add Ne w Printer button to create a new printer to use the IPP port. This will start the Add Printer wizard[...]
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2. Select Netw ork Printer and click Next to see the Locate your Printer screen, as sho wn below . 3. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet, and enter the URL of the IPP Server as follo ws, where ip_address represents the IP Address of the IPP Server , and 631 is the por t number . Parallel P ort 1 ip_address:631/ipp/P1 Th[...]
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38 DHCP Support for the Wireless PrintSer ver T o use DHCP , which assigns non-static IP addresses, y ou must ha ve a DHCP server and DHCP management software. Otherwise, the W ireless PrintServer's IP address will remain unkno wn, and connecting to it will impossible. In this case, ignore DHCP and conf igure the Wireless PrintServer for a sta[...]
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Appendix Normal printing only sends print signals from a PC to a printer . Bi-dir ection- 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-wa y communication technology can be found in HP , IBM, Panasonic, and oth[...]
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printer status, do not use it with the W ireless PrintSer ver - the softw are is most likel y not network-capab le. F or best results, turn off the printer’ s bi-directional function either b y ( 1 ) remo ving any bi-directional printing softw are from your netw ork computers, and/or ( 2 ) tur ning off the printer’ s bi-directional print fea- t[...]
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Ethernet - IEEE standard netw ork protocol that specif ies ho w data is placed on and retriev ed from a common transmission medium. Has a transfer rate of 10 Mbps. F or ms the underlying transport vehicle used b y several upper -level protocols, including TCP/IP and XNS. Fir e wall - A f irew all is a set of related programs, located at a netw ork [...]
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NetBIOS - The native netw orking protocol in DOS and W indows netw orks. Although originall y combined with its transport lay er protocol (NetBEUI), NetBIOS toda y provides a pro g ramming interface for applications at the ses- sion la yer (la yer 5). NetBIOS can ride o ver NetBEUI, its nativ e transport, which is not routab le, or o ver TCP/IP and[...]
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TCP/IP - T ransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a priv ate netw ork (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your comput- er is pro vided with a copy of the TCP/I[...]
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Environmental Dimensions: 5.91” x 8.66” x 1.18” (150mm x 220mm x 30mm) Unit Weight: 5.6 oz. (0.16 kg) P ower: Exter nal, 12V DC , 800mA Certifications: FCC Class B , CE Mark Commercial Operating T emp: 0ºC to 40ºC (32ºF to 104ºF) Storage T emp: -20ºC to 70ºC (-4ºF to 158ºF) Operating Humidity: 10% to 85%, Non-Condensing Storage Humidi[...]
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52 51 Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Support 866-242-8558 RMA Issues 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.com We b http://www .linksys.com FTP S[...]
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© Copyright 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. http://www .linksys.com[...]