TRENDnet TEW P21G manual

- 2 - T ABLE OF C ONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................ ................................ .................. 4 1. INTRODUCTION ... ................................ ................................ .................. 5 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS .. ................................ ................................ .................. 6 S YS[...]

- 3 - 5. WEB CONFIGURATION ...................... ................................ ................ 30 W EB C ONFIGURATION U TILITY ...................................... ............................. 30 M ANAGEMENT ........................ ................................. ......................... .......... 31 Management J System ...............[...]

- 5 - 1 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing y our Wireless Print Serv er, the easiest and fa stest way to de ploy print ers on your netwo rk. This compact print server can connect your network through an Access Point under the infrastructure mode, or can be used in ad-hoc mode for direct comm unication between PC/Notebook and print server a[...]

- 7 - General Features ♦ Equipped with 1 parallel port and 2 USB ports allows user to share three printers on LAN simultaneously. ♦ Compliant with USB 2.0 High-speed printing. ♦ Equipped one 10/1 00 auto-MDIX Fast Ethernet LAN port. ♦ Multi protocol su pport is ideal for sh ared printing in mixed-LAN environments. ♦ Windows-based administ[...]

- 9 - LEDs Description Power Steady light confirm s that the Print Server is powered on. USB1 When it blinks, t he printer connected is printin g. USB2 When it blinks, t he printer connected is printin g. LPT When it blinks, t he printer connected is printin g. LAN Steady light confi rms that the print server has a good connection to your network. [...]

- 11 - Inst alling the Print Server Follow these steps for a trouble-free start of prin t server operations with you r Wireless Print Serv er . 1. Confirm proper operation of the printer to be connected to the print server. 2. When you have confirmed prop er operation of the printer, turn off the power. 3. Confirm that your network is op erating no[...]

- 13 - • User's Guide – click to preview the Use r's Guid e in PDF format for detailed information of the Wireless Print Server. • Install Utility – click to install PS-Utility. Please refer to the next section for detailed information on installing th e utility. • PS Wizard – click to launch the Printer W izard program, which[...]

- 15 - 3. The InstallShield Wizard starts to install the software, and the Progress bar indicates the installation is proceeding . 4. When completed, click Finish . After installing the utility, the application program for the print server is automatically installed to your computer, and creates a folder in StartProgramsPS-Utility . Using PS-Util[...]

- 17 - - Show Web Setup: Click this button to open you r web browser and launch the Configuration Utility. Alternately , you can doub le-click the print server in t he Device List to launch the Con figuratio n U tility . - Factory Reset: Click this button to reload the factory settings of the print server. - Discover Device: Click this button to se[...]

- 19 - 2. In the following window, select one printer in the Printer List to set up port connection, and then click Next > . 3. Select one printer port in the Print Server List, a nd click Next > . Choose one connected printer within the networ k. Choose one connected printer port. Your pr int serve r name Your printer port name - 20 - 4. The[...]

- 21 - 4 P RINTING IN MAC OS Rendezvous Uses in MAC OS 10.2 The latest version of MAC OS provid es a new feature tha t is called Rendezvous . Rendezvous is a revo lutionary networking tech nology standard that lets you create an instant network of co mputers and devices, which can be used throughout Mac OS 10.2 to provide innovative ways to share f[...]

- 23 - 4. Select the des ired printer, and the foll owing pop- up menu di splays the printer’s manufacturer. S elect Generic . 5. The printer is installed into the system successfully. - 24 - Setting Up Apple T alk/LPR Printing For MAC OS X User With MAC OS X, you can use AppleTalk or LPR printers to print through the prin t server. Follow the in[...]

- 25 - 3. To print, open a document and select File > Print from the menu. 4. Select Edit Printer List from the Printer dialog box. 5. Click Add Printe r . Then, select the desired printing protocol ( AppleTalk or LPR Printers using IP ). Select this option. Select this option. - 26 - - Apple Talk: Aft er selecting AppleTalk , t he Port Name of [...]

- 27 - For MAC OS 9 User If you use MAC OS 9, you can use the AppleTalk network protocol for network communications over standard Ethernet or Fast Ethernet using the EtherTalk transport, or over a proprietary lo w-speed LocalTalk transport. Your print serv er can be used for network printing to PostSc ript prin ters. You ca n print fr om any M AC O[...]

- 29 - 4. If you have not previously set this printer as the default, your computer will prompt you for a Pos tScript Printer Description file. Choose Select PPD . 5. Select th e ap prop riate p rint er desc ription file for your printer. Click Open . (If your printer is not listed, click Generic to use a generic printer description.) The selected [...]

- 31 - Management The Management Screen of th e Configuration Ut ility - 32 - The Management screen displays the basic information of the print server, including the foll owing fo ur categories: z System z Wireless z Network z User Management J System As shown above, the System displays the status of your print server, printer, and network. Clickin[...]

- 33 - Management J Wireless Click the Wireless item in the left colum n to display the information of the wireless LAN. Clicking Refresh will update the information. Wireless Status The items in this field display th e information of th e wireless LAN, such as the connection mode (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc), SSID, channel, data transfer rate, WEP e[...]

- 35 - Auto IP This field contains the current settings of TCP/IP, including DHCP/BOOTP, UPnP, and MAC Rendezvous. The items in this field are configured in Configuration > Network > TCP/IP . TCP/IP Printing In this field, you can monitor the status of you r printing tasks through TCP/IP. Microsoft Network Printing In this field, you can moni[...]

- 37 - Configuration Configuration J System System Device In this field, you can configu re the basic information of yo ur print server. - Serve r Name: Assign a name to the print server. - Location (optional) : Assign a location for the print server - 38 - - Admin Contact (o ptional) : Assign the Admin Contact’s nam e for the print server. - Pas[...]

- 39 - Configuration J Wireless Wireless Interface - Connection M ode: Select one of the three connection modes. • Infrastructure (default) - Connects to compatibly configured wireless AP or router in a WLAN. • Ad-Hoc - Connect to compatibly configured wireless clients in the peer-to-peer mode. - SSID: Assign the SSID in this box. You can manua[...]

- 41 - Configuration J Network - 42 - TCP/IP This field contains three options that allow you to configure the TCP/IP setting: IP Address , UPnP , and MAC Rendezvous . - IP Address: This op t io n a llow s y ou to se t the I P ad d re s s manually or automaticall y. When you choose Manually Assign , you should enter the related information in the f[...]

- 43 - Configuration J User Printing Control By configuring the Enable User Printing Control option ( Yes or No ), the user in the User List is per mitted to a ccess the print server or not. For the user(s) who is not in th e User List, you can also limit the access right by setting the Allow Undefined Users Printing option to Yes or No . Define Us[...]

- 45 - E-mail Notifica tion You can set the print server to send an alter message when the printer status changes through E-mail. To enable this function, set the Enable e-mail notification for printer status changing option to Yes . Then, input the administrator’s E-mail address in the Admin E- mail Add ress box. E-mail Printing - E-mail Printin[...]

- 47 - T ools Tool J Print Test Print Test Choose one of the print ports and click Test to print a test page. - 48 - Tool J E-mail Test E-mail Account Click Test to send a test E-mail to the given administrator’s E-mail address. Receive E-mail Click Yes to immediately check and receive E-mail, and then print out the mail when available.[...]

- 49 - Tool J Reset Reset Click Yes to immediately reset the print server. - 50 - Tool J Factory Reset Factory Reset Click Yes to reload the factory setting s of the print server.[...]

- 51 - Tool J Firmware Upgrade Firmware Upgrade When a new version of firmware is available (e.g. downloading from the manufacturer’s website), you can upgrade the firmware of your print server. Click Browse to poin t to th e firmware fil e, and then click Upgrade . - 52 - Tool J Backup Backup Device Configuration to File Click Ba ckup to backup [...]

- 53 - Help This screen displays the info rmation of the print server. - 54 - 6 P RODUCT S PECIFICA TIONS Printer Connection Printer Interface : Two USB ports, compliant with USB 2.0 Hi-speed standard. Network Connection Wireless Networking Network Standards : Wireless LAN standard IEEE802.11g. Network Data Transfer Rate : 54Mbps with fallb ack to [...]

- 55 - Network Protocol Support Transport Protocols: TCP/IP, SMB, NetBEUI, and AppleTalk. TCP/IP Protocols Support: BOOTP, SNMP, Telnet, FTP, LPD, DHCP, and IPP. Hardware SDRAM : 8MB. Flash ROM : 2MB. Operating System Support - Window s 95/98/ ME, Window s NT, Wind ows 2000/ XP/2003 ; - NetWa re 5.x ( NDPS LPR re mote printing); - HP-UX Un ix, Sun [...]

Limited Warranty TRENDware warrants its products against defects in material and workmanship, under normal use and serv ice, for the following leng ths of time from th e date of purcha se. Wireless Print Server – 3 Years Warranty If a product does n ot operate as warranted above during the applic able warranty period, TRENDware shall, at its opti[...]

Technical Support You can find the most recent d river/firmware/software and user documentations o n the TRENDw are w ebsite . TRENDw are provides FREE technical supp ort for all customers for the duration of the warranty per iod on this product. TRENDware Tec hnical Support Tel: +1-310 -626-6252 Fax: +1-310- 626-6267 E-mail: support@trendw are.com[...]