M a n u a l I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d u r e
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X N I C - E N E T / T R I N G C o n f i g u r a t i o n G u i d e
IP Address
Option 4:
Using ARP
This method offers a convenient means of assigning an IP address
on the XNIC. The ARP command is standard on all UNIX
platforms, although its syntax may vary from one system to
another. You will need the XNICs hardware address and the IP
address you wish to assign for this procedure.
Note
To begin the ARP procedure, the IP address on the XNIC
must be None.
The workstation you will be issuing the ARP/PING commands
from and the printer you wish to assign a new IP address must
be on the same network segment.
If ARP is running on your host, proceed as follows:
1
Logon to your UNIX host as root user.
2
Issue the ARP command.
On most UNIX platforms, the syntax is:
a r p - s
d d d . d d d . d d d . d d d x x : x x : x x : x x : x x : x x
where
d d d . d d d . d d d . d d d
is the newly assigned
IP address in decimal dot notation and
x x : x x : x x : x x : x x : x x
is the XNIC hardware address in
hexadecimal notation.
Do not use leading zeros in the IP or XNIC hardware
address.
For example:
a r p - s 1 2 6 . 1 6 . 1 . 2 0 : 0 : c 9 : 0 : 8 0 : 2 a
On AIX, you need to include an additional argument to
indicate which type of LAN interface is being used (Ethernet
or Token Ring).
For Ethernet, the command is:
arp -s
HostName ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
For example:
a r p - s e t h e r 1 2 6 . 1 6 . 1 . 2 0 : 0 : c 9 : 0 : 8 0 : 2 a
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