MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
7-6
As it creates print queues and servers on Bindery servers, it creates/stores
a configuration file in the
[SERVER/SYS]\login\milan
directory of the
server. ACT allows users to see the real-time messages on FastPort’s status.
See Appendix C for monitor menu options in ACT.
7.3.5 NetBIOS / NetBEUI Stations
FastManage uses the built-in IPX, IP or NetBIOS/NetBEUI stack of
Windows to send packets on the net. Refer to the FastManage User’s Guide
for more detail. Digi also ships two NetBIOS utilities in the distribution
package—
NBMon
and
showprn.exe
. These utilities offer DOS-level
sessions to be established with FastPort. To run:
1. Open up a DOS shell on a NetBEUI machine
2. Run the
showprn.exe
utility from the prompt. A list of FastPorts on
the local network appears.
3. Once there is a device name, run the
nbmon
utility as such:
nbmon <
fastport_name> -d#
Where the # is a number between 0-7 and
NetBEUI
is running
.
Once
done, a telnet-like session is established. This interface is almost
identical to a serial/telnet sessions.
Users may have problems running the
showprn.exe
utility, because of the
multi-protocol nature of Windows. If the
showprn
does not display
FastPort, try issuing the command with a
-d0
,
-d1
,
-d2
,
-d3
,... or
-d7
switch:
showprn.exe -d1
This makes
showprn
use an alternate stack to send the packet.
If an IPX protocol is loaded on a Windows 95 system, make sure the check-
box marked
Send NetBIOS over IPX
is not checked. This is located in
Control Panel-->Network-->IPX. Verify that the NetBEUI protocol is
loaded onto the client machine, and if it is Windows, make sure it is
set
as the default protocol
. This is done by opening up the
Control
Panel
,
Networks
screen and looking at the
NetBEUI
options.
