NETGEAR PS111W manual

Installation and Reference for NETGEAR PS111W Print Sever NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone 888-NETGEAR M-PS100NA-4 March 2002[...]

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Bestätigung de s H ersteller s/Importeurs Es wird hiermit bestätigt, daß das Model PS100 se ries Print Sever gemäß der im BMPT-Am tsblVfg 243/1991 und Vfg 46/1992 aufgeführten Bestimmungen ents tört ist. Das vorschriftsmäßige Betreiben einiger Geräte (z.B. Testsender) kann jedoch ge wissen Beschränkungen unterli egen. Lesen Sie dazu bitt[...]

Certificat e of the Manu facturer/Imp orter It is hereby certified that the Model PS100 series Print Sever has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in the BMPT-AmtsblVfg 243/1991 and Vfg 46/1992. The operation of some equipment (for exam ple, test transmitters) in accorda nce with the regu lations may, however, be subject to ce[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Preface Congratulations on your purch ase of the NETGEAR Model PS100 series Print Sever. Supporting multiple protocols and operating system s, these print servers provide an effective solution for networked PCs to connect to the same printer, processing and trafficki ng printing requests to any parallel device. These pri[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Conventions This section describes the conve ntions used in this guide. Special Message Formats This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages: • This format is used to highlight inform ation of importance or sp ecial interest. • This format is used to hi ghlight information that will help yo u p[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual PREFACE ........................................................................................................................ ........................ I P URPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... I A UDIENCE .....[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 4-4 A DD A PRINTER TO YOUR SYSTEM TO PRINT ........................................................ 42 CHAPTER 5 UNIX PRINTING USING TCP/IP .......................................................................... 50 5-1 T EMPORARY IP A DDRESS R ESOLUTION ................................................................ [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual S UBNET A DDRESSING ................................................................................................................ 85 P RIVATE IP A DDRESSES .......................................................................................................... 86 A DDRESS R ESOLUTION P ROTOCOL ......................[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes the features and the com ponents of the Model PS111W Print Sever. 1-1 Features NETGEAR PS111W print server offers: • 802.11b standard wireless ready mobile flexibility, and also supports: • Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 40/64 or 128 bit encryption • Open System and Sha[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 1-2 Front Panel The LEDs that indicate the status of the server, wired, and wireless LAN are located on the front panels of the Model PS111W Print Sever, as illu strated bellow: 1-1 Front Panel of the Model PS111W Print Sever Key: 1 = PWR (power) LED 2 = ALERT LED 3 = LAN LED 4 = WLAN (wireless LAN) LED 5 = Side panel wi[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual LEDs There are 4 LEDs on the front panel of the Mode l PS111W Print Sever. S ee the table bellow: LED Descriptions Label Color Activity Description PWR (power) Green On Power is supplied to the print server. Off Operation is normal On Hardware error Alert Amber Blinking Upgrading BIOS flash ROM Off No LAN connection On O[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 1-3 Rear Panel The rear panel of the Model PS111W Print Sever has a parallel port for pr inter. The Model PS111W Print Sever has one 10/100BASE-T network port. The 10/100BASE-T po rt is an auto negotiation port that operates in 100 Mbps and in half-duplex mode when connected to a Fast Ethernet network. The diagnostic pri[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 2 Installation This chapter describes th e installation and set up of the NETGEAR Model PS111W Printer Server. 2-1 Preparing the Site Before you begin installing the print server, prepar e the installation site. Ma ke sure the operating environment meets the p hysical requirements of the print server, as describe[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 2-3 Connecting Devices to the Print Server The PS111W Print Server Model has one 10/100BASE- T network port that is auto sensing and will support either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connections , depending on the connected device. The Model PS101 Print Server has one Ethernet port, whic h can be operated on a 10/100BASE-T hub/swi[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 2-4 Verifying Power To complete the installation, connect the power adap ter first to the power adapter receptacle on the print server rear panel and then to the power outle t on the wall. When power has been applied to the print server: • The green PWR (power) LED on the front panel is on, if there is one. • On the [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 3 Web Management for Print Server The web browser interface provides an easy way to configure the print server in a TCP/IP network. You can configure your NETGEAR PS111W Wireless Ready Print Se rver using any web browser such as Microsoft Internet Expl orer or Netscape Navigator. This chapter contains information[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 3-3 Browser Menu selections and Configuration Screens This section describes the browser menu selec tions and corresponding configuration screens. Server Status The Server Status screen shows print serve r system data and the current s ettings for all of the other screens. It is read-only; no da ta can be input on this s[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Configure Server Clicking the Configure Server menu selection brings up the Configur e Server screen. The Configure Server screen contains fields to change the print server n ame and to enable or disable the various network protocols supported by the print server. Figure 3-2 and following table show the Configure Server [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Configure Server Fields Print Server Name Choose a descriptive name for the print serv er fo r identification purposes. This name is used in a ll protocols to identify the specific print server. There is a factory default name. For any change, NETGEAR recommends that a name be determine d befor e setting the print server[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual TCP/IP The TCP/IP configuration screen is used to confi gure the IP address of the print server. Figure 3-3 shows the TCP/IP configuration scr een and following table lists its fi elds, describes the functions, and explains how to provide information in each field. Figure 3-3 TCP/IP Configur ation Screen TCP/IP Configura[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual AppleTalk The NETGEAR Print Server supports AppleTalk (EtherTalk), PAP, ATP, NBP, ZIP and DDP protocols, enabling Apple computers on the network to view and use the Prin t Serv er as a regular AppleTalk printer. The NETGEAR Print Server is enabled for AppleTalk printing by defau lt. Further AppleTalk configuration may be[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Wireless The Wireless screen pro vides selections for many wireless related operations. See Figure 3-5. For wireless operation, there ar e two major configurations. 1. Wireless related setups. 2. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption. See the following Wirele ss Configurati on Screen section for the detail. Figure 3-[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual number. • If using "802.11 Ad-hoc" or "Ad-hoc" m ode, select the value you wish to use on your Wireless LAN. • If using "Infrastructure" mode, the Channe l is selected automatically, to m atch the Channel used by the Access Point. • If you experience interference (shown by lo st connec[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual WEP Data Privacy Fields Off – No data encryption Default setting; data is NOT encrypted before transmitted. Choose the data privacy encryption from one of the three Off – No data encryption, 64 Bit Encryption, or 128 Bit Encryption. 64 Bit Encryption • If selected, data is encrypted, using the default ke y, before [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Wireless Link Info When click on Link Info button in Figure 3-5, th e Wireless Link Info screen shows. See Figure 3-6 for the current wireless link information. Figure 3-6 Wireless Link Information Screen Wireless Link Info Fields Stat: Associated – BSS ID The other wireless party which PS111W wireless communication is[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Printer Port The Printer Port screen provides the st atus of the printer. See Figure 3-7. Figure 3-7 Printer Port Screen Printer Port Connected Printer Shows the descriptive name for the new prin ter. HandShake Signal This sets one of the communication parameters between this device and the printer. The default is "[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Logical Printer The logical printer screen is used to map different logical printer ports to printers attached to the Print Server. A logical printer port is used to specify a set of printer control comm ands to be sent to a printer for every print job sent through the logical port. Figure 3-8 shows the logical port scre[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Buttons Cancel: If changed something that is not good, click on ‘Canc el’ but ton will load the value back from PS111W. No modification will be made into PS111W . 20[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Reset Clicking the RESET button will reboot the print se rver. W hen you change settings for TCP/IP and Wireless, you will need to reset the print server. NOTE: If the print server is rebooted, any pr int job in progress will be disrupted. NOTE: If DHCP client is enabled, which is the default settin g, after system reboo[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 4 Microsoft Windows System Printing This chapter describes how to configure and us e the NETGEAR PS111W Print Sever in a Microsoft Windows networking environment. To configure your hardware and software fo r the Microsoft Windows platform, you m ay: • Use a web browser, like Micros oft Internet Explorer or Nets[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 4-2 NETGEAR Print Server Software Installation NETGEAR Print Server software works for PS100 series Print Sever in a Microsoft Windows networking environment. To install and set up your networ k and your print server for the NETGEAR Prin t Server, you may use a PC with a Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT 4.0, ME , 2000, or X[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual The second screen provides you an important me ssage as shown below. Click on Next button. Figure 4-2 Informatio n 24[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual As the next graphics, the third screen shows you a couple options. Figure 4-3 Components • NETGEAR Print Server Setup Wizard An easy to use for the configuration of the print server wizard program • NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard A step-by-step guide program to configure the printer to print from your Microsoft W indows [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual After make the proper selections , click on Next button. You can c hoose the location of the program. Figure 4-4 Destina tion Location Choose a program folder name. You click on Next button to accept the default name. Figure 4-5 Progr am Folder 26[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual The next screen shows you the progress of the installation. Figure 4-6 27[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Before you finish the installation, you can choose to run the NETGEAR Print Server Setup Wizard and read the manual. You can uncheck either one or bo th of the selections and run it at a later time. Figure 4-7 Complete Screen There will be a program group created and shown as below. Figure 4-8 NETGEAR Print Server 28[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual You can open and access the group from your desktop as well. See Figure 4-9. 29[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 4-3 Setting Up Your PC to Recognize the Print Server You must set up each PC that will print to th e print server. Before proceed ing, verify that: • The print cable is conne cted to the printer port. • The AC adapter is plugged into the wall socket. • The Ethernet cable is plugged into the LAN, or the wireless MA [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual To set up each PC: Double-click on the desktop icon, as showing Figure 4-8, that you named the group in th e previous section, Figure 4-5. Double-click on NETGAER Print Server Setup Wi zard in the NET GEAR Print Server window. The NETGAER Print Server window opens, as illustrated below. Figure 4-10 NETGEAR Print Server S[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Click on Next. The Printer Server Setup Wizard window shows the current available NETGEAR Print Server on LAN. Click on Refresh button to see the new added print ser ver. If you still don’t see the one you’ d like to see, wait a minute and click the Refresh button again. Figure 4-11 Select Print Server 32[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Select the PS111W print server and click on Next. The Printer Server Setup Wizard window shows the cu rrent print server Name. The default name is the Device Name on the base of the unit. Change it to a uni que name, or leave it without changing it. See Figure 4-12 Select Name for Print Server. If your primary network is[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Click on Next. The next Printer Server Setup Wizard window, Figure 4-13, shows TCP/IP setting for the print server. You can choose to use a dynamic IP address, which is the most common setting, for the print server. Then, select Obtain IP Address automatically. When select this option, there are two ways to get an IP add[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-13 Set u p TCP/IP for Print Server to get an IP ad dress 35[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Click on Next. The next Printer Server Setup Wizard window, Figure 4-14, shows wireless settings for the print server. If there is no NETGEAR 802.11b MA401 Wireless PC car d in the slot, and not planning for now, you can simply skip this step by going directly to the next step. Wireless Configuration Station Name is not [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-14 Wireless Configuration 37[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Click on Next. Figure 4-15 Configuration Completed shows the completion of the print server configuration. Figure 4-15 Configur ation completed Click on Finish. The PS111W Print Server is ready to be used. If you have installed NETGAER Add Printer Wizard, you’ ll be able to install the printer driver and configure it. [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard - Write Down the Port Name You can reach this setup procedure by answering Yes to the previous Figure 4-16 Information. Or open NETGEAR Print Server group and r un NEYGEAR Add Printer Wizard. Make sure that the NETGEAR Print Server and the pr inter th at connects to it are both powered on. Make[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual ADDPORT Window (Epson Connection) Click on No if you do not have an Epson Stylus Color printer attached to the port, and continue to step 8. Or Click on Yes if you do have an Epson Stylus Color printer (or pl an to install one). You must disable the Epson printer. To disable: Click on the Program Files folder on your har[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual ADD PORT Window If this is not an Epson printer, skip the above pro cedu re. The Add Port should be added successfully. See Figure 4-20 Add Port message. Figure 4-20 Add Port message Write Down the Port Name It is very important to remember and write down the port name. You will need this information later when prompted [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 4-4 Add a printer to your system to print Select Printer Port for Add Printer Wizard After selected the printer, you need to select a printer port to print. See Figure 4-21 Select Printer Port for Add Printer Wizard. Figure 4-21 Select the Printer Port for Add Printer Wizard 42[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Use the printer port name written at the last sec tion. Scroll down and find the pri nter port name. For example, the printer port name here is ‘IP_192.168.1.108_P 1’. See Figure 4-22 Find and select the printer port. For Windows 95, and 98 users, this window will show up after Add Printer (Figure 4-23 t hereafter). [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-23 Add Printer Wizard Click on Next If you have ever installed the printer driver in the system, Figure 4-24 Use Existing Driver window shows. You can choose to keep the existing driver, or replace it. If you don’t see Figure 4-24, go to the next step. 44[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-24 Use Existing Dr iver for Add Printer Wizard Click on Next Name the printer. See Figure 4-25 Name Your Printe r for Add Printer Wizard. If there are more than one printer drivers installed in the system, you may answer Yes to choose this as your default printer for your Windows-based programs. 45[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-25 Name Your Printer for Add Printer Wizard Click on Next See Figure 4-26 Printer Sharing. When you use print serve r for the printer, yo u don’t usually need to share the printer on the local machine. Keep the default answer as Do not share this printer. 46[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-26 Share Printer for Add Printer Wizard Click on Next You can try to print a test page to the printer after your printer inst alled properly. See Figure 4-27 Print Test Page. It is OK not to print a test page in answeri ng question Do you want to pri nt a test page to No. 47[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-27 Print Test Page for Add Printer Wizard Click on Next If you answer Yes to print a test page, see Figure 4-28. Figure 4-28 Printer print the test page Click on OK Complete the Add Printer Wizard. See Figure 4-29 Completing the Add Printer Wizard. 48[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-29 Completing the Add Printer Wizard Click on Finish Now you can print through the PS111W print server. The Figure 4-18 Printer Select Window (Add Port) window remains on the screen. Click on End to close it. 49[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 5 UNIX Printing Using TCP/IP This chapter explains how to configure and se t up the NETGEAR PS111W Print Sever and your UNIX system if you are operating in a UNIX networking e nvironment. The print server can work with most UNIX operating systems with the TCP/IP protocol, but the following protocols and printing [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual After you configure the print server as described in “Configuring Your Print Server Using FTP”, choose a printing method as described in Setting the Print Method” to configure each UNIX PC in your network. 5-1 Temporary IP Address Resolution If the IP address is left at 0.0.0.0 (the default value) , a temporary IP [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Use these definitions for entering the information: NAME is the name of your print server. PA is the physical address of your print server. IP is the IP address of your print server. SM is the Subnet Mask IP address. Refer to Appendix B “Understanding IP Addresses, ” for additional information about assigning a Subne[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual In the example, a print server with an IP address of 192.10.2.54 is called PS_Rm203 and has a default name of PS123456. Add to the Ethernet Address table /etc/ethers: 00:c0:02:xx:yy:zz NAME Use these definitions for entering the information: 00:c0:02:xx:yy:zz is the location of your print server. NAME is the name o[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual arp -s NAME 00:c0:02:xx:yy:zz Use these definitions for entering the information: NAME is the name of your print server. 00:c0:02:xx:yy:zz is the physical address of the print server. A sample entry is: arp -s PS_Rm203 00:c0:02:12:34:56 To assure that an IP address has been assigned, ch eck the IP[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 5-2 Configuring Your Print Server Using FTP FTP allows a user to log on to a remote host and to manipulate files on the host. The print server can act as an FTP host. Using FTP, you can access and modify the CONFIG file in the print server. Modifying the CONFIG file changes the configuration of the print server. The limi[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual List of FTP Files and Commands Supported by the Print Server Table FTP Files in the Directory lists the file nam es that appe ar in the directory. FTP Files in the Directory File Name Purpose Mode CONFIG Configuration file Read/Write PSINF Device information Read DEFAULTC Reset device to default configuration Read RESET [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 5-3 Setting the Print Method The following three printing methods can be used in any environment: Line Printer Daemon (LPD) LPD is a standard print method for most UNIX systems. Th e benefit of this method is that it eliminates the need to install additional software on the host. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) FTP is also [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Name of queue to add Use a single-word queue name that indicates the printer attached. Hostname for remote server Print server name as used in /etc/hosts.lpd. Name of queue on remote server It is the logical printer number (L1 to L3 or L1 to L8) to service this queue. Type of print spooler on remote server Use the defaul[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Stop Print Services / usr/lib/lpshut Add a System Printer / usr/lib/lpadmin -p printer_nam e -v /dev/null Restart the Print Services / usr/lib/lpsched Enable printing to the new printer devic e enable printer_name Start accepting jobs for the new pr inter device accept printer_name Create a spooling directory mkdir /usr/[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Start lpc print mechanism lpc start printer_name Printing Using LPD For LPD printing instructions, refer to your UNIX manual. An example command that is used for a BSD UNIX system is: lpr -P printer_name filename The definitions used are: printer_name is the name of the print queue defined on the UNIX host. f[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 6 AppleTalk Printing This chapter contains information about confi guring and using your NETG EAR PS100 series print server in an AppleTalk networking environment. 6-1 Setting up Print Server for AppleTalk There are 3 different ways to configure Appl eTalk on a NETGEAR PS100 series print server: The recommended a[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual attached to the print server to be advertised in a specific AppleTalk zone, or if you need to change the communication protocol used between the print server and the printer. 6-2 Setting up Host Computer The host Apple computer to be setup for AppleTal k printing must be running System 7 Operating System or later. Instal[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 6-3 Using PSTool Utility This section describes how to use the NETGEAR PSTool Utility for Apple Computers to configure AppleTalk on a NETGEAR Print Server. It is not necessary to use the N ETGEAR PSTool Utility to manage AppleTalk printing if your NETGEAR Prin t Server can be managed via the web browser interface or if y[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 6-4 PSTool Utility CONFIG File Format The entries of the config file ar e listed and described in table 7.1. Th is example is for the 3 port m odel of the NETGEAR Print Server. PSTool Utility Config File Entries Entry inConfig File Description begin CMD Do not change this line. 0001 Device Name: xxxxxxxx Replace xxxxxxxx[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 7 Using Advanced Management Tools This chapter describes in more detail the two print server m anagement programs bundled with NETGEAR PS100 series print servers. These programs are included on the Print Server Resource CD. The two programs described in this chapter are: • NETGEAR Print Server Ad ministration P[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual also enabled and bound to the network adapter ca rd in your Windows 95 , Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 system. Buttons Advanced Butt on Click on the Advanced button for detailed full configur ation of the selected Print Ser ver. See the later section 7-2 Advanced Print Server Configuration for more information [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Protocol Screen The protocol currently used for communication betw een your PC and the Print Server is Enabled and grayed out, so it cannot be disabled. Browse Button Use this button to re-scan the network and update icons for any Print Servers located. Exit Button. The Exit button ends the NetGear setup utility. 67[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 7-2 Advanced Print Server Configuration From the main menu, click on the Advanced button to use the advanced confi guration procedure. The Advanced Print Server C onfiguration screen opens. The Advanced Print Server Configura tion screen contains the fields listed on tabs that can be selected in any order to customize th[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual System Tab Window System Tab Fields Field Description Device Name Choose a descriptive name for the router for identific at ion purposes (for example, EngPrsv). This name is used in all protocols to identify the specific p rint se rver. There is a factory default name. For any change, NETGEAR recommends that a name be de[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Protocol computers. The factory default is enable. TCP/IP Tab This tab allows configuration for the TCP/IP netw ork protocol.. For further information about TCP/IP, refer to Chapter TCP/IP Tab Window TCP/IP Tab Fields Field Description DHCP This field allows you to enable or disab le the pr int server's ability to g[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Subnet Mask This subnet mask defines the range of addresses that are reachabl e on yo ur local LAN. Gateway Address This IP address is what the print server uses for stations with IP addresses not reacha ble on your local LAN. AppleTalk Tab The AppleTalk tab is used to config ure the AppleTalk zone that the pr int server[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Printer Type These are text fields, used to describe the pr inter driver use d for each port. Currently the only printer driver supported for AppleTalk is LaserWr iter. Communication Protocol Sets whether the port uses ASCII or Binary Communi cation Protocol. Binary communication is faster than ASCII, but ASCII communica[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Physical Port Selects which physical print er port the logica l port is mapped into. Conv erts LF to LF +CRAdd a carriage return (CR) every time the line feed (LF) character code is receive d by the print server when any print data is sent to this logical port. String Before Job Provides the control character string to s[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Physical Port Physical Port Tab Fields Field Description Current Selected Physical Port Selects the physical port to be configured. Physical Port Name If required, you can change the name of the Physical Port. Handshake Signal The defau lt setting is "Busy". This should only be change d to "Ack and Bus y&q[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Wireless Tab Wireless Tab Fields Field Description Regulatory Domain It is illegal to use this device in any location outside of the regulatory dom ain. Station Name The name used to identify this Wireless station. SSID If using an ESS (Extended Service Set, with multiple acces s points) this ID is called an ESSID (Exten[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Channel No To communicate in "802.11 Ad-ho c" or "Ad hoc" mode, all Wireless stations MUST use the same Channel number. If using "802.11 Ad-hoc" or "Ad-hoc" mode, sele ct the value you wish to use on your Wireless LAN. If using "Infrastructure" mode, the Channel is select[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual WEP Authentication Options are "Open System" or "Shared Key". Some Wireless cards and Access Points do not support bot h methods. Check your documentation to determine the correct val ue to use. Link Info Screen Wireless Link Info Field Description State This indicates which access point is currently [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 7-3 Menu Options The NetGear Administration program contains a menu bar that provide s a number of options including Control, Printer, and Help, which are outlined in the following section. Control Menu Control is the first item on the top menu bar is for print server control. Click on the Control selection, move the cur[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Default Configuration Click "Yes" to confirm setting to factory defaults, or "No" to leave the current configu ration unchanged. Printer Menu Individual printer ports are disp layed as options under the Prin ter Menu, and a pop-up window opens when any of the printer ports are se lected, as in the exa[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual you wish to change; then enter or select a new valu e. Read Only Indicates whether or not the Envi ronment V ariab le is modifiable. Test page Button Informs the pri nt server to send a test pag e to the printer. The printout includes pr int serv er status information, which is useful when troubleshoo ting any printing p[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix A Technical Specifications This appendix provides technica l specifications for the NETG EAR Model PS111W Print Server. General Specifications Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility IEEE 802.3u, 100BASE-TX, Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T CSMA/CD IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps maximum CSMA/CA NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, and[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual EN 55 022 (CISPR 22), Class B VCCI Class B ITE Safety Agency App roval s, Power Adapter Meets requirements of: CE mark, commercial UL listed (UL 1950) CSA certified (CSA 22.2 #950) TUV licensed (EN 60 950) T-Mark 82[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix B Understanding IP Addresses This appendix provides information about understanding IP addresses, which you must assign to the NETGEAR PS100 series Print Sever when operating in a TCP/IP environment. IP Addresses and the Internet Because TCP/IP networks are interconnected widely across the world, ev ery machine [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Class B addresses can have up to 65,354 hosts on a network. Class B addre sses use a 16-bit network number and a 16-bit node number. Class B addresses are in this range: 128.1.x.x to 191.254.x.x.  Class C addresses can have 254 hosts on a network. Class C addresses use 24 bits for the network address and 8 bi[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Subnet Addressing By looking at the addressing structures, you can see th at even with a Class C address there are a large number of hosts per network. Such a structure is an in efficient use of addresses if each end of a routed link requires a different network nu mber. It is unlikely that the sma ller office LANs would[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual 6 252 7 254 8 255 The next table displays several common netmask valu es in both the dotted-decimal and the m asklength formats. Netmask Formats Dotted-Decimal Masklength 255.0.0.0 /8 255.255.0.0 /16 255.255.255.0 /24 255.255.255.128 /25 255.255.255.192 /26 255.255.255.224 /27 255.255.255.240 /28 255.255.255.248 /29 255.[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Address Resolution Protocol An IP address alone cannot be used to deliver data from one device to another on a LAN. In order for data to be sent from one device on the LAN to another, you must convert the IP address of the destination device to its media access control (MAC) a ddress. Each device on an Ethernet network h[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix C CONFIG File This appendix provides information for editing a C ONFIG file. CONFIG files are stored in the flash EEPROM of the NETGEAR PS100 series Print Sever and used for c onfiguring the device using the FTP method. For more information about using th e CONFIG file and to see an example of FTP commands, refe[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Each Model PS104 and Model PS105 Print Server has one parallel port and supports three logical printers. PS100 series Print Sever, with two and three parallel ports respectively, supports eight logical printers. You cannot change the names. Each logical printer has four settings as shown below. Refer to the next table fo[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix D Using NetWare 5 NDPS This appendix provides an overview of using the Print Server with NDPS (Novell Distributed P rinting Services) under Novel NetWare 5.0. Overview The NETGEAR Print Server must be configured as a valid device on your TCP/IP network. To use NDPS (Novell Distributed Printing Services), the Nov[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Browse the Database Volume and select where you wa nt the NDPS Manager database to be assigned. Click on Create. The new NDPS Manager is displayed in the main browser window. To start the NDPS Manager in future, ente r the following comm and at the console: LOAD NDPSM  Then select the NDPS Manager object. To sta[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Select Remote (LPR on IP) in the Connection Type. Click on Next to view the Configure Port Handler Screen. In the Host Address IP field, enter th e IP address p reviously assigned to the Print Server device, as illustrated below. Configure Port Handler Configure Port Handler Window In the Printer Name field, enter the Lo[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Click on Close. The printer appears in the main Printer Manager wi ndow under the Name listing and is now available for print jobs. Printer drivers are automatica lly downloaded from the server as required. The printer is now in your Windows printer list and may be used by any W indows application. 93[...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix E IP Setup This appendix provides a brie f overview of IP addressing. Overview This appendix is intended only when the user has in advertently disabled the DHCP protocol and/or assigned a wrong subnet IP address. Refer to See IP Configuration Settings to assign a static IP address. The following table describes [...]

NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix F ASCII to Hexadecimal Conversion Table Hexadecimal Value ASCII Character 0 NUL 1 SOH 2 STX 3 ETX 4 EOT 5 ENQ 6 ACK 7 BEL 8 BS 9 HT A LF B VT C FF D CR E SO F SI 10 DLE 11 DC1 12 DC2 13 DC3 14 DC4 15 NAK 16 SYN 17 ETB 18 CAN 19 EM 1A SUB 1B ESC 1C FS 1D GS 1E RS 1F US 20 (SPACE) 21 ! 22 " 23 # 24 $ 25 % 26 [...]

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