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TCP/IP Configuration 42
TCP/IP Configuration Tools
Depending on your printer and operating system, an HP Jetdirect
print server can be configured with valid TCP/IP parameters for
your network in the following ways:
●
Using Software.
You can use your printer installation
software or the HP Jetdirect print server installation software
on supported systems. For more information see
Chapter 2
, “
HP
Software Solutions Summary
”.
To configure a wireless print server with a valid IP address
before
a wireless connection is established, use the HP Jetdirect
Wireless Setup Wizard (Windows) or the embedded Web server.
Printer installation software may be used for IP configuration
of network-connected printers only.
●
BOOTP/TFTP.
You can download the data from a
network-based server using BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) each time the printer is
turned on. For more information, see “
Using BOOTP/TFTP
”.
The BOOTP daemon, bootpd, must be running on a BOOTP
server that is accessible by the printer.
●
DHCP/TFTP.
You can use Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP). This protocol is supported in HP-UX, Solaris,
Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP, NetWare
and Mac OS systems. (Refer to your network operating system
manuals to verify that your server operating system supports
DHCP.) For more information, see “
Using DHCP
”.
Note
Linux and UNIX systems: For more information,
see the bootpd man page.
On HP-UX systems, a sample DHCP configuration
file (dhcptab) may be located in the
/etc
directory.
Since HP-UX presently does not provide Dynamic
Domain Name Services (DDNS) for its DHCP
implementations, HP recommends that you set all
print server lease durations to
infinite
. This ensures
that print server IP addresses remain static until
such time as Dynamic Domain Name Services
are provided.