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3. Disabling
RPrinter/NPrinter
Mode (Optional)
The default is: Both RPrinter/NPrinter and PServer modes
enabled.
If the XNIC will be running in PServer mode only, you can
reduce network traffic caused by the XNIC initiating periodic
autodiscovery for RPrinter/NPrinter mode, by disabling the
RPrinter/NPrinter mode. You can do this by issuing this
command from TES:
>define server netware rprinter disabled
>init delay 0
4. Setting
Required /
Preferred File
Server Name
(Recommended
for Large
Networks)
The default is: No name.
If the XNIC is running in PServer mode and it will service
queues from Netware 3.x/BEM file servers, and if the
network has 25 file servers or more, it is recommended to set
either a required or a preferred file server name on the
XNIC. This will reduce the time and traffic for the first job to
print after the printer is powered on. Otherwise the XNIC will
search the
entire
network for a file server with PServer
configuration.
If the intended file server name is set as preferred, in the
XNIC, the XNIC will attempt to connect to it. If that file server
is unavailable, for any reason, the XNIC will fall back to the
discovery process on the entire network until it finds another
target file server.
If the intended file server name is set as required in the
XNIC, the XNIC will attempt to connect to it. If that file server
is unavailable, for any reason, the XNIC will stop the
discovery process and will not communicate with any other
file server on the network.
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