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NetGear Print Server Manual 

 

Default Configuration 

Click "Yes" to confirm setting to factory defaults, or "No" to leave the current configuration 
unchanged. 

Printer Menu 

Individual printer ports are displayed as options under the Printer Menu, and a pop-up window opens 
when any of the printer ports are selected, as in the example below. 

 

Printer Status 

The printer ports not existing on the print server are shadowed or grayed out. 
On the popup window, you can check the connection status of the print server such as on-line, off-line, 
paper jam, and out-of-paper. Also on display is the printing information indicating if the print server is 
sending data to the printer or if the printer is idling. At the bottom of the screen are four buttons as 
described below. 

Printer Status

 

Field Description 

Configure Button  If the connected printer supports directional communication such as many of the new Hewlett-Packard 

LaserJet and DeskJet printers, you can click on this button to customize the various printing parameters 
of the printer. The pop-up window consists of a table with the following column headings: 

Environment Variable 

The configuration variables available on this printer. The list of printer configuration variables vary 
from printer to printer. 

Variable Value 

Displays the current setting. To change the Variable Value (if Read Only is NO) double- click the line 

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Summary of Contents for PS111W - Print Server - Parallel

Page 1: ...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 ...

Page 2: ...a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee ...

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Page 4: ...m Information Technology Equipment VCCI If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment it may cause radio interference Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual Customer Support For assistance with installing and configuring your NETGEAR system or with post installation questions or problems contact your point of purchase representative To con...

Page 5: ...p the Model PS100 series Print Sever If your network is operating in a Microsoft environment and you are using Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP refer to the Model PS100 series Print Sever Installation Guide However this guide provides you with further reference information In this guide the Model PS100 series Print Sever are referred to collectively ...

Page 6: ...text and press the Enter key When you read type type the text but do not press the Enter key When you read press press only the alphanumeric or named key Other Conventions This guide uses the following additional conventions italics Book titles and UNIX file command and directory names Initial Caps Menu titles and window and button names Related Publication If you are using Microsoft Windows 95 Wi...

Page 7: ... POWER 7 CHAPTER 3 WEB MANAGEMENT FOR PRINT SERVER 8 3 1 CONFIGURING PRINT SERVER FOR TCP IP 8 3 2 CONNECTING TO THE PRINT SERVER 8 3 3 BROWSER MENU SELECTIONS AND CONFIGURATION SCREENS 9 Server Status 9 Configure Server 10 TCP IP 12 AppleTalk 13 Wireless 14 Wireless Link Info 17 Printer Port 18 Logical Printer 19 Reset 21 CHAPTER 4 MICROSOFT WINDOWS SYSTEM PRINTING 22 4 1 PRINTING IN WINDOWS 22 4...

Page 8: ...ration and Printing 57 Printing Using LPD 60 Printing Using FTP 60 Printing Using DSI 60 CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK PRINTING 61 6 1 SETTING UP PRINT SERVER FOR APPLETALK 61 6 2 SETTING UP HOST COMPUTER 62 6 3 USING PSTOOL UTILITY 63 6 4 PSTOOL UTILITY CONFIG FILE FORMAT 64 CHAPTER 7 USING ADVANCED MANAGEMENT TOOLS 65 7 1 CONFIGURATION USING THE NETGEAR PRINT SERVER ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM 65 Buttons 66 7 ...

Page 9: ...FIGURATION BY DHCP 87 APPENDIX C CONFIG FILE 88 CONFIG FILE TCP IP SETTINGS 88 APPENDIX D USING NETWARE 5 NDPS 90 OVERVIEW 90 Creating an NDPS Manager Object 90 Creating an NDPS Printer Agent 91 Workstation Configuration 92 APPENDIX E IP SETUP 94 OVERVIEW 94 APPENDIX F ASCII TO HEXADECIMAL CONVERSION TABLE 95 v ...

Page 10: ...c mode Support for multiple protocols TCP IP NetBEUI and Netbios Support for multiple operating systems Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Novell NetWare and UNIX Easy configuration of the device with NETGEAR Print Server software that assures fast and easy setup for Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Window NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP users Web browser interface ...

Page 11: ...us of the server wired and wireless LAN are located on the front panels of the Model PS111W Print Sever as illustrated 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 wireless PC card slot 2 ...

Page 12: ...normal On Hardware error Alert Amber Blinking Upgrading BIOS flash ROM Off No LAN connection On Operation is normal without data transmitting or receiving from LAN LAN Green Blinking Operation is normal with data transmitting or receiving from LAN Off No wireless PC card On Operation is normal without data transmitting or receiving from wireless LAN WLAN Green Blinking Operation is normal with dat...

Page 13: ... print server setup including IP address and wireless information by pressing and holding it two seconds If press and hold the button for ten seconds while powering from off to on the print server will load the factory default setting back into its flash memory The Rear Panel as illustrated below it has a power adapter receptacle that accepts a 12 V 800mA DC power adapter 1 2 Rear Panel of the Mod...

Page 14: ...ckage Contents Your package should contain the following Model PS111W Printer Server 12V 800mA DC Power adapter PS111W Print Server Resource CD PS111W Print Server Installation Guide Warranty Owner Registration Card Customer Support Phone Card Call your reseller or NETGEAR Customer Support in your area if there are any wrong missing or damaged parts Refer to Customer Support section for the locati...

Page 15: ...LAN and wireless LAN Connect network port to an Ethernet hub switch makes all LAN connected workstations can print with PS111W Print Server With a NETGEAR MA401 802 11b Wireless PC Card in PS111W all 802 11b wireless connected workstation can print with PS111W Print Server If connect network port and with a NETGEAR MA401 802 11b Wireless PC Card in PS111W both LAN connected workstation and 802 11b...

Page 16: ... is on Make sure the network interface cards installed in the workstations are in working condition and the software driver has been installed on the cards If required verify the integrity of the print server by resetting it Turn power to the print server off and then back on If this does not help you can try to load the factory default setting The procedure is turn power to the print server off p...

Page 17: ...re PS111W will get its own IP address settings for TCP IP To know the print server s IP address press and hold RESET button for two seconds The printer will print out the print server status report where it includes the IP address information 3 2 Connecting to the Print Server In order to configure the print server over the browser interface your PC workstation must have a web browser program inst...

Page 18: ...Server Status The Server Status screen shows print server system data and the current settings for all of the other screens It is read only no data can be input on this screen Click the refresh button to refresh information on this screen Use the scroll bar to scroll through the display information Figure 3 1 shows the Server Status Screen Figure 3 1 Server Status Screen 9 ...

Page 19: ...ntains fields to change the print server name and to enable or disable the various network protocols supported by the print server Figure 3 2 and following table show the Configure Server Screen and describe each of its fields Note Use key Tab on keyboard to move the cursor from field to field besides using the mouse Figure 3 2 System Configuration Screen 10 ...

Page 20: ...core marks _ are accepted Password Confirm Password Enter the device password and again in the Confirm Password field Once a password is entered it is required in order to gain access and change the configuration If you forget the password to the print server the only way to reset it is by resetting the device to factory default through the NETGEAR Print Server Administration Program Enable Protoc...

Page 21: ...his IP address is assigned to the print server If you have a private LAN and do not plan to connect to the TCP IP based internet NETGEAR recommends that you use the address from the IETF designated private addresses for example 192 168 x x or 10 x x x Subnet Mask This subnet mask defines the range of addresses that are reachable on your local LAN For example in a network with a NETGEAR router the ...

Page 22: ...able describes it fields Figure 3 4 AppleTalk Configuration Screen Apple Talk Configuration Fields AppleTalk Zone The AppleTalk zone that the print server will appear in To put the print server in the default AppleTalk zone of the AppleTalk network the print server is connected to enter a single asterisk Printer Type These are text fields used to describe the printer driver used for each port Curr...

Page 23: ...northern America usually get USA Canada Station Name Not configurable It is the Ethernet MAC address for the PS111S SSID Stand for Service Set Identifier It can be empty if the authentication method on Access Point is Open System see authentication To specifically tie to a wireless LAN you need to get this information from your network administrator It MUST be the same in both Access Point and wir...

Page 24: ...channels to see which is the best Network Type Select the correct value for your Wireless LAN 802 11 Ad hoc mode is used when there is no Wireless Access Point and each Wireless station communicates directly with other Wireless stations This is the current standard Ad hoc mode is used when there is no Wireless Access Point and each Wireless station communicates directly with other Wireless station...

Page 25: ...l fail The easiest way to ensure there are no problems is to have every Station including the Access Point use the same key table all entries identical It does not matter which default key is used Enter two hexadecimal numbers in each cell A hexadecimal number is one of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e and f which represent the number from 0 to 15 respectively Default Key Choose from 1 to 4 For usage...

Page 26: ...rrent used wireless channel For Network type as infrastructure mode the channel is automatically selected the same as with the Access Point Current Tx Rate The current wireless communication speed Throughput Tx The current transmitting rate in the unit of byte per second Rx The current receiving rate in the unit of byte per second Link Quality The quality of the link which is excellent or poor Sig...

Page 27: ...for the new printer HandShake Signal This sets one of the communication parameters between this device and the printer The default is Ack Busy Only change this to Busy if advised to do so by Technical Support Status The current status of the printer On line Off line Out of paper Print State This will show either Idle or Printing Print Test Page Click on this button will print the print server stat...

Page 28: ...example of such an application would be switching to landscape mode when printing to the logical port The string is made up of the hexadecimal code of the corresponding ASCII characters as in these examples ASCII Esc 0O Hexadecimal 1B266C304F ASCII Esc 1O Hexadecimal 1B266C314F An ASCII to hexadecimal number conversion table is include in the appendix Post String Hex Provides the control character...

Page 29: ...NetGear Print Server Manual Buttons Cancel If changed something that is not good click on Cancel button will load the value back from PS111W No modification will be made into PS111W 20 ...

Page 30: ...nd Wireless you will need to reset the print server NOTE If the print server is rebooted any print job in progress will be disrupted NOTE If DHCP client is enabled which is the default setting after system reboots the IP address of the unit may be changed Please use the diagnostic button prints out to verify the IP address 21 ...

Page 31: ...twork connection to your PC and print server or the wireless environment MA401 Also the printer with the cable to the PS111W Print Server Please refer to Quick Installation Guide and choose a proper application setting for your environment 2 NETGEAR Print Server Software Installation will install the essential software for the configuration of the print server By using NETGEAR Print Server Setup W...

Page 32: ...Turn on the power to your PC Note Before proceeding with these instructions be sure to assign a name to your workgroup on your PC NETGEAR strongly recommends that you exit all Windows programs before running the Setup program It is also necessary to install the NETGEAR Print Server software on every PC in the network that will use the printers attached to the PS100 series Print Sever Insert the CD...

Page 33: ...NetGear Print Server Manual The second screen provides you an important message as shown below Click on Next button Figure 4 2 Information 24 ...

Page 34: ...T install the NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard so you can use the print server to print from Windows Administrative Tools Advance administrative tools including admin and IPSetup Use admin to manage the print servers on LAN Use IPSetup to manually assign IP address for the print servers Note that the print server default is a DHCP client If there is a DHCP server you do not need to set up IP address Nor...

Page 35: ...r make the proper selections click on Next button You can choose the location of the program Figure 4 4 Destination Location Choose a program folder name You click on Next button to accept the default name Figure 4 5 Program Folder 26 ...

Page 36: ...NetGear Print Server Manual The next screen shows you the progress of the installation Figure 4 6 27 ...

Page 37: ... choose to run the NETGEAR Print Server Setup Wizard and read the manual You can uncheck either one or both 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 ...

Page 38: ...NetGear Print Server Manual You can open and access the group from your desktop as well See Figure 4 9 29 ...

Page 39: ...that will print to the print server Before proceeding verify that The print cable is connected 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 401 PC card is installed in PS111W Figure 4 9 NETGEAR Print Server software Icon 30 ...

Page 40: ...t Server Setup Wizard Window In this window you will see whatever network protocols you have installed on the local machine You need TCP IP to use web management Most nowadays operating systems including Microsoft Windows 98 ME 2000 and XP use TCP IP as the primary networking protocol PS111W does not support NetWare IPX SPX environment Older system like Microsoft Windows 3 1 may support only Netbi...

Page 41: ...tup Wizard window shows the current available NETGEAR Print Server on LAN Click on Refresh button to see the new added print server 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 ...

Page 42: ...e current print server Name The default name is the Device Name on the base of the unit Change it to a unique name or leave it without changing it See Figure 4 12 Select Name for Print Server If your primary network is not Netbios NetBEUI you can leave Workgroup Name without a name Figure 4 12 Select Name for Print Server 33 ...

Page 43: ...e status of the print server as well as the IP address How do I use this feature Select Obtain IP Address automatically in Figure 4 13 Set up TCP IP for Print Server to get an IP address You do not use a DHCP server usually if you don t share a broadband DSL Cable or satellite connection you don t have one You are networking with Ethernet including Fast and Gigabit Ethernet network Then you can us...

Page 44: ...NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4 13 Set up TCP IP for Print Server to get an IP address 35 ...

Page 45: ...the PS111W Wireless Ready Print Server in infrastructure mode with Access Point you MUST NOT connect it with Ethernet network or it will disable the wireless communication You can secure your wireless communication by using wired equivalent privacy WEP encryption The default encryption is disabled as WEP Disabled selected By selecting WEP Enabled you can enable the 64 bit or 128 bit encryption If ...

Page 46: ...NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4 14 Wireless Configuration 37 ...

Page 47: ... 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 Click No if you don t need to add a printer to your system now You can add a printer at a later time by opening the NETGEAR Print Server group and running NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard Figure 4 16 Add a Printer 38 ...

Page 48: ...m are properly connected Figure 4 17 Set up printer Click on OK The Printer Select window as illustrated in See Figure 4 18 Printer Select Window Add Port opens Figure 4 18 Printer Select Window Add Port If the cables are not properly connected your PC screen will appear empty when the Printer Select window opens If so check the cable connections and click on the Refresh button which will initiate...

Page 49: ...able Click on the Program Files folder on your hard drive Start the Epson Spool Manager The Queue Setup window opens as illustrated below See Figure 4 19 Epson Spool Manager Queue Setup Window Figure 4 19 Epson Spool Manager Queue Setup Window Select Queue Setup and click on Use Print Manager for this port Click on OK to exit the Queue Setup window The ADD PORT window as illustrated in Figure 4 20...

Page 50: ...ite Down the Port Name It is very important to remember and write down the port name You will need this information later when prompted to select a printer port See Figure 4 20 Add Port message The port name here for example is IP_192 168 1 108_P1 You should write it down in the Quick Installation Guide in the line Now write down the printer port name ______________________________________________...

Page 51: ...ur 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 ...

Page 52: ... port For Windows 95 and 98 users this window will show up after Add Printer Figure 4 23 thereafter Figure 4 22 Find and select the printer port Click on Next Add Printer Wizard Figure 4 23 Add Printer Wizard window shows Choose the manufacturer and the model name of the printer If there is a CD provided with the printer insert the CD and click on Have Disk button Follow the instruction on screen ...

Page 53: ...d 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 ...

Page 54: ...Add Printer Wizard Click on Next Name the printer See Figure 4 25 Name Your Printer 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 ...

Page 55: ... Your Printer for Add Printer Wizard Click on Next See Figure 4 26 Printer Sharing When you use print server for the printer you don t usually need to share the printer on the local machine Keep the default answer as Do not share this printer 46 ...

Page 56: ...r for Add Printer Wizard Click on Next You can try to print a test page to the printer after your printer installed properly See Figure 4 27 Print Test Page It is OK not to print a test page in answering question Do you want to print a test page to No 47 ...

Page 57: ...rint 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 ...

Page 58: ...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 ...

Page 59: ...se a printing method Includes only UNIX systems or if you have PCs without Windows on your network You must configure both your print server and all your PC systems with the instructions provided in this chapter Before you can configure the print server which must be done first you must assign an IP address to it For information about IP addresses refer to Appendix B Understanding IP Addresses Use...

Page 60: ...e Otherwise the IP address of the print server will be unknown and connection to the print server is not possible To use DHCP turn on power to the print server the DHCP server automatically assigns an IP address to it If you do not have a DHCP server and you are assigning an IP address to the print server you can use BootP RARP or ARP Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server Using BootP To assi...

Page 61: ...s the name of the print server You should receive a response If you get a timeout message the BootP procedure has failed You can either follow the steps again for using BootP or use one of the other methods for assigning an IP address Proceed to Configuring Your Print Server Using FTP to configure the print server if it has not yet been configured Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server Using ...

Page 62: ...thods for assigning an IP address Proceed to Configuring Your Print Server Using FTP to configure the print server if it has not yet been configured Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server Using ARP To assign an IP address using the Address Resolution Protocol ARP Determine the physical address and the device name of the print server The factory default name and the physical address are shown ...

Page 63: ...02 12 34 56 To assure that an IP address has been assigned check the IP address to MAC address association using the ping command ping NAME NAME is the name of the print server You should receive a response but if you get a timeout message the ARP procedure has failed You can either follow the steps again for using ARP or use one of the other methods for assigning an IP address Proceed to Configur...

Page 64: ...ct to the print server Example instructions are Connect to the print server by entering the command ftp NAME or ftp IP_Address You can connect using a name instead of an IP address only if your system has been configured to recognize the name to IP address association Enter the default name on the base of the device when you are prompted for the user name Press Enter when prompted for the password...

Page 65: ...can be retrieved are CONFIG and PSINF get RESET Resets the print server and terminates the current connection get PASSRESET Clears the password get SETIP Sets the current IP address as a static IP address To avoid an address conflict do not use this command if a DHCP server assigned the IP address to the print server put CONFIG Copies the CONFIG file to the print server overwriting the existing CO...

Page 66: ...ber of users because they both employ print queue processes FTP does not implement a print queue if the printer is busy the print command may fail The three methods are explained more fully in the following sections LPD Configuration and Printing LPD is a built in printing protocol for most UNIX systems including BSD type UNIX It is also supported in Windows NT 3 5 or later The following sections ...

Page 67: ... add file_name is the file you want to print Configuring LPD on System V Before beginning LPD Setup make sure that an IP address has been assigned to your print server and that the following statements apply The remote host name is the name of the print server The remote printer name is the print queue name for the logical printer Logical printers are configured on the print server itself You iden...

Page 68: ..._Printer_name is the logical printer name on the print server L1 to L3 or L1 to L8 depending on the print server that you are using Spooler_directory is the directory you created Configuring LPD on BSD Make sure that an IP address has been assigned to the print server and the following statements apply The remote host name is the name of the print server The remote printer name is the logical prin...

Page 69: ...cause there is no spooling if the printer is not ready the print job is terminated immediately The advantage of FTP is that no host configuration is required To print using FTP use the command lines ftp Name ftp put FileName Ln The definitions used are Name is the name of the print server FileName is the file you want to print Ln is the logical printer you want to print to Printing Using DSI Logic...

Page 70: ...er 6 1 Browser Interface for Configuring AppleTalk Through the NETGEAR Print Server Administration Program on a PC with Microsoft Windows For more information please refer to chapter 7 Using Advanced Management Tools Through the NETGEAR PSTool Utility for the Macintosh environment Described in this chapter AppleTalk printing is enabled by default in NETGEAR Print Servers that support AppleTalk pri...

Page 71: ... LaserWriter 8 makes use of the fonts installed in the printer itself so the printing response time is quicker LaserWriter 7 uses the fonts installed in the computer which increases network traffic and takes more printing time Select printers attached to the NETGEAR Print Server from the printer list by clicking on the appropriate name Printers attached to the NETGEAR printer are advertised on App...

Page 72: ...es from the Utility Apple folder on the Print Server Resource CD ROM to an appropriate folder on your Apple computer Your Apple computer must be running System 7 or later Mac OS PSTool CONFIG 2P if configuring a 2 port print server or CONFIG 3P if configuring a 3 port print server Use Chooser to select the desired Print Server Double click the CONFIG 2P or CONFIG 3P file that was copied over in st...

Page 73: ...ew name must not exceed 16 characters in length 3000 Apple Zone The default value allows all AppleTalk zones to access the Print Server s printers To restrict access to a particular zone replace the with the desired zone name 3101 AP_PCOMM1 No 3102 AP_PCOMM2 No 3104 AP_PCOMM3 These settings determine whether the port uses ASCII or Binary Communication Protocol Enter No for ASCII or Yes for Binary ...

Page 74: ...he supplied CD ROM To start the NetGear Administration Program Click on Start Move along the program folders to highlight the NetGear program folder Click on the icon for the Print Server Administration program As illustrated below the main screen of the NetGear print server setup utility opens and searches the network for NETGEAR print servers NETGEAR Print Server Administration Program All activ...

Page 75: ... the Advanced option Quick Button Click on the Quick button to open the Quick Setup Screen to perform a quick configuration of the print server in a Microsoft network running the NetBEUI protocol Clicking the Quick Setup button will reveal a screen like the following Quick Setup Screen Enter the required Device Name and click OK The Device Name is how users on the network will see this Print Serve...

Page 76: ...ed for communication between 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 ...

Page 77: ...quickest way to set all device values to the factory default setting is to click on the Configuration selection on the menu bar and select Restore Factory Default Save to Device Click this button to write any changed configuration information to the print server If you switch to another tab without clicking on the Save to Device button all new settings are lost Return to Main Menu Click this butto...

Page 78: ...ces are not allowed but dashes and underscore marks _ are accepted IPX SPX Protocol Choose to enable or disable the IPX SPX protocol used in the NetWare environment This selection is always shadowed to indicate that the IPX SPX protocol is always active and cannot be disabled TCP IP Protocol Choose to enable or disable the TCP IP protocol TCP IP is used for UNIX networking and Microsoft networking...

Page 79: ...allows you to enable or disable the print server s ability to get its IP address from a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server When disabled you can provide a fixed IP address in the following fields IP Address This IP address is assigned to the print server If you have a private LAN and do not plan to connect to the TCP IP based internet NETGEAR recommends that you use the address from t...

Page 80: ... is used to configure the AppleTalk zone that the print server will appear in and the communication protocol used on the printer port For further information about AppleTalk printing refer to Chapter 7 AppleTalk Printing AppleTalk Tab AppleTalk Tab Fields Field Description AppleTalk Zone The AppleTalk zone that the print server will appear in To put the print server in the default AppleTalk zone o...

Page 81: ...II but ASCII communication is more reliable The default is ASCII Logical Port Tab Logical printers Logical Ports can be used under Linux or Unix The Print Server supports 3 Logical Ports This screen allows configuration of Logical Ports Logical Port Tab Window Logical Port Tab Fields Field Description Current Selected Logical Port Selects the logical port to be configured Eight logical ports are a...

Page 82: ...nter One example of such an application would be switching to landscape mode when printing to the logical port The character string must be in hexadecimal format as in these examples ASCII Esc l0O Hexadecimal 1B266C304F ASCII Esc l1O Hexadecimal 1B266C314F String After Job Provides the control character string to send to the printer after the last character of the job is sent to the printer The ch...

Page 83: ... be configured Physical Port Name If required you can change the name of the Physical Port Handshake Signal The default setting is Busy This should only be changed to Ack and Busy if advised to do so by Technical Support Wireless Tab This tab allows configuration of the Wireless settings for your Print Server An example screen is shown below 74 ...

Page 84: ...reless station SSID If using an ESS Extended Service Set with multiple access points this ID is called an ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier To communicate all Wireless stations MUST use the same SSID ESSID Change this value or change the other Wireless stations to ensure each Wireless station has the same value The default value is null so the Wireless station can join any Ad hoc group Note Th...

Page 85: ...crypted before being transmitted If Enabled you must provide either the 64 Bit key table or the 128 Bit keys as described below The key is used to encrypt the data before transmission 64 Bit If selected data is encrypted using the default key before being transmitted The receiving station must be set to 64 Bit Encryption and have the same Key value in the same position in its key table Otherwise i...

Page 86: ...ion State This indicates which access point is currently in use Current Channel The current channel which has been used Current TX Rate The current transmitting speed Throughput Tx This will show how much data has been transmitted per second Throughput Rx This will show how much data has been received per second Link Quality This indicates the quality of the Wireless connection Signal Strength Thi...

Page 87: ...formation Select this option to pop up a scrolling window providing a status of the various parameters on the print server that can be customized This information includes the various NetBEUI and TCP IP parameters Device Information Reset Device Issues a soft reset to reboot the print server This process allows newly modified print server parameters to take effect Restore Default Configuration Cha...

Page 88: ...nting information indicating if the print server is sending data to the printer or if the printer is idling At the bottom of the screen are four buttons as described below Printer Status Field Description Configure Button If the connected printer supports directional communication such as many of the new Hewlett Packard LaserJet and DeskJet printers you can click on this button to customize the va...

Page 89: ...ick this button to generate packets to collect updated printer information Cancel Button Close this pop up window Help Menu The Help menu has a single item About which will display information about the program as shown below Help About Configuring Using IP Setup IP Setup is a tool to let you configure the IP address for NETGEAR Print Server in Microsoft Windows environment Please see Appendix E f...

Page 90: ...rver One 10BASE T 100BASE TX network port RJ 45 Power Specifications for the Power Adapter Input voltage 100 to 240 V AC 50 to 60 Hz according to the power adapter Localized plug For North America Japan UK Europe and Australia Output voltage 12 V DC at 800 mA Power Specifications for the Print Server Power consumption 7 W maximum Input voltage 12 V DC at 0 8 1 2 Amps maximum Physical Specification...

Page 91: ... Server Manual EN 55 022 CISPR 22 Class B VCCI Class B ITE Safety Agency Approvals 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 ...

Page 92: ...1100 00000111 is normally written as 195 34 12 7 which is easier to remember and easier to enter into your computer In addition the 32 bits of the address are subdivided into two parts The first part of the address identifies the network and the second part identifies the host node or station on the network The dividing point may vary depending on the address range and the application There are fi...

Page 93: ...packet simultaneously to all hosts with the same network address Netmask In each of the above address classes the size of the two parts network address and host address is implied by the class This partitioning scheme can also be expressed by a netmask associated with the IP address A netmask is a 32 bit quantity that when logically ANDed with an IP address yields the network address For instance ...

Page 94: ... other benefits Subnet addressing allows a network manager to construct an address scheme for the network by using different subnets for other geographical locations in the network or for other departments in the organization Although the preceding example uses the entire third octet for a subnet address note that you are not restricted to octet boundaries in subnetting To create more network numb...

Page 95: ...heme to work all devices on the segment must agree on which bits comprise the host address So that a local router or bridge will know which addresses are local and which are remote Private IP Addresses If your networks are isolated from the Internet for example only between your two branch offices you can assign any IP addresses to the hosts without problems However the IANA has reserved the follo...

Page 96: ...RP request and all other nodes discard it The node with the right IP address responds with its own MAC address directly to the sender providing the transmitting station with the destination MAC address needed for it to send the data The IP address data and MAC address data for each node are held in an ARP table so that the next time data needs to be sent the address can be obtained from the addres...

Page 97: ...r network segment has a router enter the router address here If there is no router leave the address as 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask 4002 MASK If the Gateway Address is 0 0 0 0 leave the Subnet Mask at 0 0 0 0 If you have a router enter the Subnet mask for the segment to which the print server is attached TCP Session Retry Interval 4010 TCP_INT Sets how long the print server should wait before retrying a T...

Page 98: ...pectively supports eight logical printers You cannot change the names Each logical printer has four settings as shown below Refer to the next table for the line numbers of the logical printers in the CONFIG file CONFIG File Line Numbers Logical Printer Line Numbers L1 0100 to 0103 L2 0120 to 0123 L3 0140 to 0143 L4 0160 to 0163 L5 0180 to 0183 L6 0200 to 0203 L7 0220 to 0223 L8 0240 to 0243 89 ...

Page 99: ...ocedure has three parts Create an NDPS Manager Object on the server Create an NDPS Printer Agent on the server Configure each workstation requiring access to the NDPS printers Creating an NDPS Manager Object To create an NDPS manager object Log in to NetWare 5 0 Server as Admin and start the NetWare Administrator program Nwadmn32 exe Select the container on NetWare Administrator where you want the...

Page 100: ...trator which is explained in the following section Creating an NDPS Printer Agent To create Public Access Printers using the NDPS Manager Object in NetWare Administrator follow these instructions You will need to repeat the procedure for any other ports on the print server or for any other logical printers you want to use To create an NDPS printer agent Start the NDPS Manager object you will be us...

Page 101: ... ports are named L1 to L8 Click Finish then select appropriate drivers for Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 The new printer agent will now appear in the Printer Agent List window Workstation Configuration Before installation and configuration of the Public Access Printers on your workstation ensure that the following statements apply Novell IntranetWare Client v2 2 or later is i...

Page 102: ...s in the main Printer Manager window under the Name listing and is now available for print jobs Printer drivers are automatically downloaded from the server as required The printer is now in your Windows printer list and may be used by any Windows application 93 ...

Page 103: ...g table describes each setting IP Configuration Settings Setting Recommended Value Device Name Shown on a sticker on the base of the device in the form PSxxxxxx Device IP Address 192 168 0 1 Gateway IP Address 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask 0 0 0 0 Clicking on Reset will set all values back to zero and clicking on OK sets the data entered Ensure that the IP address assigned to the device is not already in us...

Page 104: ...le 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 27 28 29 2A 2B 95 ...

Page 105: ...al 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 0 31 1 32 2 33 3 34 4 35 5 36 6 37 7 38 8 39 9 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 A 42 B 43 C 44 D 45 E 46 F 47 G 48 H 49 I 4A J 4B K 4C L 4D M 4E N 4F O 50 P 51 Q 52 R 53 S 54 T 55 U 56 V 57 W 58 X 59 Y 5A Z 5B 5C 5D 96 ...

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