TRENDnet TE100-PS3, Administrator User Manual

Page 1: ...nited States Copyright Act of 1976 Trademarks All trademarks belong to their respective owners Limited Warranty The software and reference material are provided as are without warranty as to their per...

Page 2: ...RTING THE ETHERPORT ADMIN PROGRAM 8 System Requirements 8 Installing EtherPort Admin 9 Starting EtherPort Admin 10 GETTING STARTED SETTING UP YOUR PRINT SERVER 12 Choosing a Name for Your Print Server...

Page 3: ...s 48 Windows 95 Workstations 49 Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations 49 Windows 3 1 and Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Workstations 51 MS DOS PC DOS Workstations 53 SETTING UP MICROSOFT NETWORK P...

Page 4: ...NISTRATION 89 The EtherPort Admin Main Window 89 Filtering the List of Print Servers 92 Working with Environment Files and Preferences 93 Monitoring Printer Status 95 Checking NetWare Print Jobs 96 Co...

Page 5: ...erface 112 Changing TCP IP Settings 113 Changing Server Settings 116 Changing the Print Server Password 118 Changing Port Settings 119 Changing AppleTalk Settings 121 Displaying Configuration Informat...

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Page 7: ...r operating systems Once your print server is configured you can use it for printing from any Novell NetWare TCP IP AppleTalk or Microsoft network This Guide also describes the telnet interface which...

Page 8: ...f the Windows based EtherPort Admin program you can use to manage it Part II covers the initial steps you will need to take to set up your print server configure it for printing from various network s...

Page 9: ...t up and administer TE100 PS3 print server Background on Print Servers Before personal computer networking became common users who wanted to print from their personal computers needed to have a direct...

Page 10: ...re than two computers share a printer Server based network operating systems such as Novell NetWare make it possible for a larger number of users to share printers When a workstation user prints a doc...

Page 11: ...file server The file server has a limited number of printer ports available If printers are attached to the file server then they have to be located near the server instead of near the users which ma...

Page 12: ...operating systems TE100 PS3 Print Server Administration Features TE100 PS3 print server can be centrally administered using the EtherPort Admin program making it convenient to manage all of your Ehte...

Page 13: ...new version In addition to EtherPort Admin server based administration TE100 PS3 print server also support a telnet based interface for networks that do not use Windows based personal computers This...

Page 14: ...the following requirements to be able to use the EtherPort Admin program A PC compatible computer with a 386 or faster processor One of the following Windows operating systems Microsoft Windows versi...

Page 15: ...to your TE100 PS3 print server If you will only be using TCP IP UNIX and or AppleTalk protocols you can use the telnet interface instead of the Windows based EtherPort Admin For more information about...

Page 16: ...ick the Browse button to select it Click the Next button to continue the installation 5 The setup program will copy EtherPort Admin program files to the directory you selected as well as create an Eth...

Page 17: ...rPort Admin program will then be ready for use A sample EtherPort Admin display is shown below Instructions for using EtherPort Admin to perform network print server initial setup tasks are found in t...

Page 18: ...port settings Testing the operation of the print server and checking that the print server is connected properly Once you have finished with these tasks you can proceed to set up network printing for...

Page 19: ...print server names It is recommended that you limit your print server name to 15 characters chosen from the letters A to Z the digits 0 to 9 and the hyphen character Names that violate this recommend...

Page 20: ...r network will be able to change your print server s settings If your local network is connected to the Internet then it may be possible to change your print server s configuration from anywhere in th...

Page 21: ...ord you have chosen for the server and press OK 4 EtherPort Admin will ask you to confirm your new password Enter the password a second time and press OK 5 Choose Save Configuration from the Configura...

Page 22: ...ot the attached printer supports HP s PJL Printer Job Language protocol For serial ports The serial port speed baud rate in bits per second How many data bits are sent per byte How many stop bits are...

Page 23: ...at can be changed are Port Name The name by which the port is known on various network systems The port name should be at most 32 characters long and may consist of letters numbers and hyphens Spaces...

Page 24: ...cription See above Baud Rate Sets the serial communications bit rate in bits per second Most printers default to 9600bps rates from 300bps to 115200bps are available Data Bits Sets the number of bits...

Page 25: ...e the DTR RTS or both RS 232 control lines to control the print server s transmission of data in order to prevent the printer s buffers from getting full 4 Click OK to exit the Port Configuration dial...

Page 26: ...rPort Admin will prompt you for which port you wish to test 3 Choose a port and click OK The print server should print out a TE100 PS3 print server Test Page 4 Repeat this procedure for each printer p...

Page 27: ...S NetWare Directory Services mode see the next chapter Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing on page 41 Introduction to Novell NetWare Printing On Novell NetWare networks when a workstation user want...

Page 28: ...be located on the same server on a different server or in a stand alone print server device such as the TE100 PS3 network print server If a printer is directly attached to a NetWare file server or if...

Page 29: ...servers When PSERVER NLM detects a new job it directs it to the proper printer port If it is inconvenient to attach a printer directly to a file server it may be desirable to connect it to a workstati...

Page 30: ...a NetWare print server scanning the print queues on one or more NetWare servers and directing them to its attached printers This reduces the load on the file server while making it convenient for prin...

Page 31: ...r port to serve a print queue on the file server 1 Make sure you are logged on to your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR or that you have permissions equivalent to SUPERVISOR 2 Make sure that the NetWare p...

Page 32: ...t of the file server name will expand the list of print queues on the file server 6 Unless you want to use an existing print queue on the server you will need to create a new print queue Click the Cre...

Page 33: ...ueue operators and queue users to the print queue using EtherPort Admin or the NetWare PCONSOLE program By default SUPERVISOR is assigned as the print queue s operator and all members of the group EVE...

Page 34: ...created and running on your NetWare file server Consult your NetWare documentation for instruction on how to do this 4 Choose Netware Protocol from the EtherPort Admin Configuration menu or click the...

Page 35: ...uration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in the print server and the NetWare server The print server will restart itself and begin serving as a remote printer...

Page 36: ...will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard Press the Next button to continue to the next screen 3 Choose t...

Page 37: ...ocate the file server and print queue Press the Next button to continue 5 At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose your printer s make and model f...

Page 38: ...t the test page printed Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations To enable your Windows NT 4 0 or later workstation to print to a NetWare print queue 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings sub...

Page 39: ...you want to connect to For instance to use the printer serving the queue named Q LJ5L on the NetWare file server named SERVER enter SERVER Q LJ5L As an alternative to entering the network path you can...

Page 40: ...have chosen the correct printer click OK to continue 7 If you already have a default printer Windows will ask if you wish to use the newly installed printer as the default 8 When installation is comp...

Page 41: ...se the printer serving the queue named Q LJ5L on the NetWare file server named SERVER enter SERVER Q LJ5L As an alternative to entering the network path you can also browse the network to locate the f...

Page 42: ...orkstation 1 Double click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group 2 In the Print Manager choose Printer Setup from the Options menu The Print Manager will display the Printers dialog...

Page 43: ...you want it redirected to and press Capture Press Permanent to insure that the port will be redirected every time you start Windows Click on the exit button when you are finished 7 Exit the remaining...

Page 44: ...ting if it goes for n seconds without any additional printer output then NetWare assumes that the print job is finished and sends it to the printer If your print jobs are becoming split up you may nee...

Page 45: ...s parameter determines how often the print server scans print queues on the file server s measured in seconds A smaller number may mean that print jobs are printed with a smaller delay but will also g...

Page 46: ...sponds to changes in the current printing form Change as needed Serves print jobs in order stopping to allow a forms change every time it becomes necessary Minimize form changes within print queues Re...

Page 47: ...int queues and other objects in a database called the Bindery NetWare server administration programs such as SYSCON PCONSOLE and so on modify entries in the Bindery to manage the operation of the file...

Page 48: ...ng the same tree Changing a setting in the tree affects all servers making it less necessary to manage servers individually For compatibility with existing NetWare 3 x clients and servers NetWare 4 x...

Page 49: ...server and select the context 2 Choose Create from the Object menu Select the object class Print Queue and press OK 3 Enter a name for the print queue and specify the NDS volume object of the file se...

Page 50: ...as the print server s configured port name Click Create to create the printer in your NDS context 6 Double click on the printer then choose the Assignments tab Click on the Add button to select the p...

Page 51: ...be the same as the network print server s name Click the Create button to create the print server object 9 Double click on the newly created print server object and click on the Assignments tab Click...

Page 52: ...u Click on the NDS Print Server tab 11 Select the NDS tree and enter the context where you created the print server object then press OK 12 Choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or pre...

Page 53: ...are protocol is enabled in the server This setting is found in the Server Device Configuration window accessible by selecting the print server and choosing Server Device from the Configuration window...

Page 54: ...inter Number field Printer numbers can range from 0 to 15 9 Click OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in...

Page 55: ...emulation as described on page 29 of this manual Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations To print to a NetWare 4 x print queue from Windows NT 4 0 or later 1 From the Start menu choose the Settin...

Page 56: ...NetWare or Compatible Network item 5 Windows will display the following message Press OK to continue 6 The Add Printer Wizard will ask you to choose the appropriate printer driver and may ask you to...

Page 57: ...printer queue from your Windows 3 1 or Windows for Workgroups 3 11 workstation 1 Double click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group 2 In the Print Manager choose Printer Setup fro...

Page 58: ...lick the Connect button 5 Click the Network button to display the NetWare printer connections dialog Click on the printer port you wish to capture and the printer queue you want it redirected to and p...

Page 59: ...up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing 53 MS DOS PC DOS Workstations The use of the CAPTURE command on NetWare 4 x networks is the same as for NetWare 3 x networks The CAPTURE command is described on page 37...

Page 60: ...s accessible to Microsoft Networking workstations running network operating systems such as Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 x Microsoft Windows 95 or later Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 4 0 or later Mi...

Page 61: ...ns These settings are accessible from the NetBEUI Configuration dialog window which you can display by choosing NetBEUI Protocol from the Configuration menu Each Microsoft Networking workstation or se...

Page 62: ...ration window is used for the computer name in the path and the Port Name set from the Parallel Port Configuration or Serial Port Configuration window is used for the printer name For example the prin...

Page 63: ...through your network print server 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings sub menu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in...

Page 64: ...he print server named PS 142634 enter PS 142634 PS 142634 P2 As an alternative to entering the network path you can also use the Browse button to locate the print server and printer Press the Next but...

Page 65: ...complete the installation Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations To allow your Windows NT 4 0 or later workstation to print over the network directly through your network print server 1 From th...

Page 66: ...ntinue 4 Enter the network path for your TE100 PS3 network print server specifying which port you want to connect to For instance to use the printer connected to the port named PS 142634 P2 on the pri...

Page 67: ...the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click OK to continue 7 If you already have a default printer Windows will ask if you wish to use the newly installed...

Page 68: ...network path for the print server specifying which printer port you want to connect to For instance to use the printer connected to the port named PS 142634 P2 on the print server named PS 142634 ente...

Page 69: ...y double clicking its icon in the Main program group 2 From the Print Manager s Options menu choose Printer Setup The Print Manager will display the Printers dialog window 3 From the List of Printers...

Page 70: ...nter Any free port name will do Once the connection is made all requests to print to that printer port will be redirected to the network printer 7 Enter the network path for your TE100 PS3 network pri...

Page 71: ...the newly connected printer port in the Connect dialog window and click OK 9 Click Close to close the Printers dialog window 10 The printer will now appear in the Print Manager window and will be acce...

Page 72: ...rt LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 not being used on the workstation If you never connect a printer directly to the workstation s physical printer port you should probably choose LPT1 2 Type the command NET USE por...

Page 73: ...d a client may have to wait for large print jobs to complete instead of letting the print server queue the entire job To reduce wait times for clients you may wish to store the print queue on a Window...

Page 74: ...Choose your printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click Next to continue 6 Windows will give you opportunity...

Page 75: ...inter dialog window choose a name for the printer select the proper driver and choose an unused local printer port Click the check box to allow the printer to be shared and choose a share name the nam...

Page 76: ...nnected to your Ethernet network either directly using an EtherTalk connection or indirectly through a LocalTalk to EtherTalk router NOTE The Chooser name of a printer connected to one of the TE100 PS...

Page 77: ...ill have to specify which zone the print server should be in You should locate the print server in the same zone as most of the users who will be using it If your network is not divided into zones the...

Page 78: ...cumentation or on the printer test page 5 Press OK to return to the AppleTalk Configuration dialog Repeat these steps for as many ports as necessary 6 Press OK then choose Save Configuration from the...

Page 79: ...2 Select the LaserWriter 8 icon on the left Make sure that AppleTalk is set to Active 3 A list of all networked PostScript printers will be displayed Click on the name of the printer port you wish to...

Page 80: ...Printing If you wish to access this setting in the future you can use the Setup button in the Chooser window 5 At this point the selected printer will become your computer s default printer You may n...

Page 81: ...print server For TCP IP networks without a Windows based workstation available you can use the telnet interface to configure the print server See Appendix Telnet Interface Administration on page 111 f...

Page 82: ...etwork subnet mask and default gateway 4 Press OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in the print server T...

Page 83: ...request include a community name A community name is an arbitrary string of characters used as a password to control access to the device If the device receives a request with a community name it doe...

Page 84: ...ut SNMP traps to network management stations whenever certain exceptional events occur such as when the print server is powered on or when an SNMP request is made using an unknown community name The p...

Page 85: ...sed to MS DOS and the Windows related operating systems that end with a carriage return followed by a linefeed Most printers require a carriage return linefeed pair at the end of each line making it n...

Page 86: ...able users to print to a printer connected to your TE100 PS3 network print server 1 Log in as the superuser root 2 Add an entry for the print server in the host s etc hosts file giving a host name for...

Page 87: ...34 P1 The meaning of each of the entries is described below The directory path in the sd spool directory entry should match the directory name you created above If your entry requires more than one li...

Page 88: ...PS3 print server the port name should be used Note this entry is case sensitive Printing from SCO Unix System V 386 To allow printing to a printer attached to your TE100 PS3 network print server from...

Page 89: ...quit Enter an alias for the printer on the local machine and press Enter This name should be the same as the destination port name 7 Answer r remote printer to the question Is printer a remote printer...

Page 90: ...s workstation 1 Login as the superuser root 2 Add an entry for the print server in the host s etc hosts file giving a host name for the print server s IP address A line in etc hosts contains an IP add...

Page 91: ...ded the new printer you can use the lp command to print files to the printer Consult your Solaris documentation for details Printing from Windows NT Windows NT versions 3 51 and later support printing...

Page 92: ...uide 86 Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 4 Choose the My Computer selection and click the Next button to continue 5 Click the Add Port button to add the lpd print server to the list of ports 6 Choose t...

Page 93: ...k you to select the proper driver for the printer and will ask you to give a name to the printer When you are done installing the printer you will be able to use any of the usual printing commands to...

Page 94: ...ocol FTP to print to the print server As with the TFTP method this is recommended only for testing You can use any FTP client including client programs with graphical interfaces To use a command line...

Page 95: ...t server administration tasks including Monitoring the status of printers connected to the print server s ports Checking the status of NetWare print jobs Configuring NetWare print services including p...

Page 96: ...are shortcuts for their corresponding menu choices The buttons on the toolbar are from left to right Configure Server Configure NetWare Configure TCP IP Configure NetBEUI Configure AppleTalk Save Conf...

Page 97: ...allows you to choose an already defined filter for limiting the Server Name List to a smaller set You can use the Define Filter Strings button to define new filters as described below in the Filterin...

Page 98: ...rating systems A filter wildcard uses the wildcard characters and to select a set of print servers The wildcard character matches any character in a print server name and the character represents zero...

Page 99: ...t to use environment files to reduce the wait An environment file stores the list of servers it has discovered along with information about them To save an environment file 1 Make sure that EtherPort...

Page 100: ...he network each time it starts Communication Timeout Determines how long EtherPort Admin will wait for a request sent to the print server to receive a response You may have to increase this number if...

Page 101: ...ch networks you want to search in the displayed list Sort Server Name List Determines whether or not the list of servers should be sorted Save Settings on Exit Determines whether or not EtherPort Admi...

Page 102: ...tions on how to do this then the Printer Model Printer Status Code and Printer Panel Display fields will display information about the printer and its status Checking NetWare Print Jobs The NetWare Pr...

Page 103: ...will display the Manage Print Jobs window From this window you can view the list of jobs for the queue and remove jobs if necessary by pressing the Delete Job button Checking a job s Operator Hold box...

Page 104: ...t contain can be assigned a different form type and print jobs can be configured to request the type of form they need For more information about form types consult your NetWare documentation Configur...

Page 105: ...t to create the queue and press Create Enter a name for the queue and press OK To remove a print queue select it and press Delete To view and or modify its list of assigned print servers queue operato...

Page 106: ...print jobs change the order of print jobs and modify the queue status From the Assign Users tab you can determine who is allowed to use the printer For NetWare 3 x servers normally the group EVERYONE...

Page 107: ...ually Managing Printers Selecting Printers from the EtherPort Admin NetWare menu displays the NetWare Printers dialog window Clicking on a printer and clicking Assignments displays the Printer Assignm...

Page 108: ...tifications tab you can determine which users are notified if a problem occurs with the print job By default only the owner of the individual print job receives notification Managing Print Servers Sel...

Page 109: ...u to delete it and clicking Assignments displays the Print Server Assignments dialog window From the Assign NetWare Printers tab you can define new printers in the selected print server or remove prin...

Page 110: ...e Assign Users tab you can set the print server s user list Print server users are allowed to monitor the print server s status It is not necessary to be a print server user to print to a queue served...

Page 111: ...rver s configuration settings will be retained A factory reset not only restarts the print server but changes all of its configuration settings back to their original values as the print server was sh...

Page 112: ...s of the updated firmware Firmware updates are contained in to related files a larger one with a bin extension and a smaller one having a dwl extension Both of these files are necessary for the downlo...

Page 113: ...oading is complete EtherPort Admin will display an informational message WARNING When downloading the image file be very careful not to interrupt the transfer by powering down the print server or disc...

Page 114: ...sing Device Diagnostics from the EtherPort Admin Management menu displays the Device Diagnostics window From the Device Diagnostics window you can display many of the print server s settings and statu...

Page 115: ...s collected statistics also divided into various categories Many of these categories correspond to standard SNMP management information base categories The Log tab contains a tree branch for each erro...

Page 116: ...g window allows you to save a text file listing all of the entries in the Device Diagnostic window You can use this function to keep a record of your print server s settings for future reference The c...

Page 117: ...scribed below If you want to use BOOTP your local Ethernet network needs to have a BOOTP server The BOOTP server table needs to have an entry listing the print server s Ethernet MAC address the IP add...

Page 118: ...root permission to execute the arp command 3 From the host with the modified ARP table send an ICMP echo request to the print server using the ping command ping 202 39 74 40 When the print server rec...

Page 119: ...er will then display the telnet interface main menu Main Menu 1 Server Configuration 2 Port Configuration 3 TCP IP Configuration 4 AppleTalk Configuration 5 Display Information 6 Tools 7 Save Configur...

Page 120: ...urn to Main Menu Enter Selection 2 To change the IP address local subnet mask or default gateway choose the appropriate menu item The print server will prompt you for a new value for the setting Enter...

Page 121: ...onding menu item When the print server prompts you for the new value enter it and press Enter When you are done changing community name settings choose 0 to return to the TCP IP Configuration menu To...

Page 122: ...e menu item and enter the desired value 3 When you are done changing TCP IP settings choose 0 to return to the Main Menu 4 Choose the Save Configuration menu item The print server will ask for confirm...

Page 123: ...admin contact choose the appropriate menu item The print server will prompt for the new value If you are setting the server name be sure to follow the recommendations described in the Choosing a Name...

Page 124: ...rver will display the Server Configuration menu Server Configuration 1 Server Name PS 142634 2 Location Central office 3 Admin Contact Benjamin Lin 4 Change Password 0 Return to Main Menu Enter Select...

Page 125: ...itself letting the new password setting take effect Changing Port Settings Each port on the print server has several settings that you may need to change to suit your configuration and the printer yo...

Page 126: ...PJL Printer Yes 0 Return to Port Menu Enter Selection For a serial port the menu will be similar to the following Port 3 1 Port Name PS 142634 S3 2 Description 3 Baud Rate 9600 4 Data Bits 8 5 Stop Bi...

Page 127: ...iguration y n Answer Y to confirm the save The telnet connection will drop and the print server will reset itself letting the new port settings take effect Changing AppleTalk Settings You can also cha...

Page 128: ...on select its menu item and enter a new value The meanings of each of the AppleTalk settings is described in the Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing section on page 70 Displaying Config...

Page 129: ...e jobs printed on each of the print server s ports Port Number 1 2 3 Total Status Jobs 45 1 0 Sizes KBytes 23179 0 0 Timeouts 0 0 0 Current Job Printer Status On Line Off Line On Line Index 0 1 0 Prot...

Page 130: ...tory reset unless you are absolutely sure this is what you want All settings including the print server s TCP IP network address will be erased and replaced with their original values To reset the pri...

Page 131: ...y other operating systems that support TCP IP networking Consult your system documentation for detailed information about establishing a TFTP server You will also need to have copies of the updated fi...

Page 132: ...6 Choose the Download selection Provided all files are set up correctly the print server will download the DWL file reset itself closing the telnet connection and begin downloading the BIN file When...

Page 133: ...74 Server Device 12 13 15 69 73 TCP IP Protocol 74 75 76 Configure AppleTalk button 88 Configure NetBEUI button 88 Configure NetWare button 88 Configure Server button 88 Configure TCP IP button 88 da...

Page 134: ...NetBSD 78 NetWare Windows client services 8 NetWare Directory Services 40 NetWare menu Print Queues 97 Print Servers 100 Printers 99 NetWare Print Jobs window 94 network management systems 113 NWADMIN...

Page 135: ...u Download Firmware 104 Factory Reset 103 Print Test 18 Reset 103 traps 76 Trivial File Transfer Protocol See TFTP Windows 3 x printing to NetWare 3 x queue 35 printing to NetWare 4 x queue 49 Windows...